Prices - All prices are quoted In Bond (excluding Duty & VAT) and are per case of 12 bottles unless otherwise stated

Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons

£145 add to basket 

Dry, delicate and racy with elegance and approachability. The sunnier exposition allows a stone fruit note and floral perfume to come through before giving way to a long steely finish finish which gives a very classic feel. Drink 2010-2015. - armit

Pale, cloudy yellow. Pineapple, lemon, minerals and a whiff of oak spice on the nose. Sweet on entry, then nicely concentrated and fairly rich in the middle, with good floral lift to its pineapple flavor. This harmonious, easygoing, tactile wine finishes with good citrus lift and grip, and suggestions of exotic fruit. At once fat and serious.– 89-91 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 09

Chablis 1er cru Mont de Milieu

£175 

A stylish wine with a floral, peachy bouquet and pure round flavours balanced with a refined minerality. From 50 year-old vines, this is a wine in which Benoît sees "Chablisien freshness with the fruit of a vin solaire". It will be  delicious for earlier drinking. Drink 2010-2015. - armit

Pale yellow. Pure, very ripe aromas of white peach, underripe pineapple and pear lifted by flowers; there's something Condrieu-like about this. Then rich, sweet and suave, with juicy, deceptively open fruit flavors perked up by a continuing floral element. Firms up nicely on the back, finishing with a saline quality and a distinct juiciness. From south-facing vines and in a very ripe style; the 20% oak component, all one- and two-year-old barrels, is barely apparent. 89-92 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 09

Chablis 1er cru Montée de Tonnerre

£175

Concentrated and powerful, with broad flavours. The most backward of the 1er crus but also the wine with the most volume too. Notes of green apple and white peach alongside iodine, gunflint, smoke, showing its mineral side. This is excellent, very distinctive and Grand Cru in quality. Drink 2012-2018. - armit

Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

£285 add to basket 

A particularly fine Vaudésir which has a soft, graceful almost creamy texture,  framed with a lively minerality and mouthwatering acidity.  A persistent finish. Drink 2012-2020. - armit

Pale yellow. Pineapple, lemon and a toasty note on the nose; more exotic and oily than the Blanchot. Fat, rich and sweet, with a silky texture but less tension and minerality than the Blanchot. This rather elegantly styled, easygoing wine tightens up a bit on the end, finishing with good lingering perfume. But I prefer the more taut Blanchot. This aged in 35% barriques, one-third of the barrels new. 89-92 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 09

Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles

£325 add to basket 

The deeper soil in this great vineyard gives a more exuberant style.  Perfumed, almost tropical bouquet with exciting,  seductive, green apple flavours and a little spice too. A little more oak here but delicately integrated and well judged once more. This is already showing very well. Drink 2012-2020. - armit

Bright yellow. Very ripe aromas of lemon oil, spicy oak and honey. Fat, rich and enveloping, with an almost confectionery ripeness leavened by sound acidity. Stuffed with fruit, but this vin de plaisir is more for lovers of chardonnay fruit than for fans of minerality. Finishes spicy and firm. Droin notes that this large-scaled wine has very healthy acidity near five grams and a pH of 3.15. This got 50% oak, one-third of which was new barrels. - 90-93 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 09

Chablis Grand Cru Clos

£330

Refined and pure combining all the best qualities from this domaine but taking them up to highest level.  Classically mineral with gunflint and smoke aromas. The palate is grand and extraordinary with incredible concentration yet a delicate mineral finish which just keeps going.  The is the thoroughbred in the line up and built for the long term. Drink 2015-2020+. – armit

Pale, bright yellow. Steely aromas of underripe pineapple, white peach and oyster shell. Dense, tactile and distinctly sappy, showing much less inner-mouth sweetness but more precision than the Grenouilles. This also aged in 50% oak but is much less marked by the wood. The bright lime and mineral flavors are complemented by a smoky, flinty silex quality. A very firmly built wine and the longest of these 2008s, with lovely energy and lift to its finishing flavors of lime and crushed stone. - 91-94 points, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Jul/Aug 09

Terms and Conditions

Prices - All prices are quoted In Bond (excluding Duty & VAT) and are per case of 12 bottles unless otherwise stated.

Delivery - The majority of the 2008 wines offered will not be here until February 2010. On arrival, we can either:

• Store the wines for you in our cellars in Wiltshire. They would be stored Under Bond, which means that Duty and VAT would not be paid until you have them delivered.
• Deliver to you following payment of Duty (currently at £19.26 / case) and VAT (currently at 15%). Duty and VAT rates are subject to change by the Government.

“A very Chablisienne vintage, but with richness and no dilution.”
Benoît Droin