2024 Domaine Eleni & Edouard Vocoret Chablis Blanchot, Chablis Grand Cru, France Dolin 2016 Domaine Humbert Freres Gevrey-Chambertin

2016 Domaine Humbert Freres Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

That etymology tracks: a stream once flooded the valley’s entrance

A brilliant old-vines Chardonnay grown in clay/limestone soils

Soil is a deep colluvial fan of sand & calcareous marine deposits with excellent drainage

the 2023 emphasizes lift and transparency: red cherry and wild strawberry

2024 Domaine Eleni & Edouard Vocoret Chablis Blanchot, Chablis Grand Cru, France Dolin 2016 Domaine Humbert Freres Gevrey-ChambertinBlanchot is the easternmost of Chabliss seven Grands Crus, a south to southeast facing slope on thin clays over Kimmeridgian limestone that gives a finer, more floral expression of Chardonnay. The Vocorets farm and harvest by hand, ferment with native yeasts, and raise the wine on fine lees in a mix of stainless steel and seasoned barrels with no new oak, preserving cut and salinity. The 2023 shows ripe citrus and white flower lift over oyster shell