Chablis Grand Cru 'Les Preuses', Maison de Montille 2018 vs Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Quatre Climats, Domaine Alain Chavy 2021
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Chablis Grand Cru 'Les Preuses', Maison de Montille 2018 currently starts £1.60 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £74.40 | £76.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Domaine de Montille | Domaine Alain Chavy |
| Style | White | White |
| Grape | Chardonnay | Chardonnay |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Chablis Grand Cru 'Les Preuses', Maison de Montille 2018
Working with organically farmed vineyards and a philosophy of minimal intervention, our friends at de Montille focus on expressing the purity and precision of Chablis’ famed Kimmeridgian soils. The Les Preuses, one of the appellation’s seven Grand Crus, is often regarded as the most elegant of the group, prized for its combination of power, refinement and remarkable ageing potential. The warm and generous 2018 vintage has produced a wine of impressive depth, yet one that retains the freshness and mineral definition that make great Chablis so compelling. Careful élevage, with only a subtle influence from oak, allows the vineyard’s character to remain front and centre. Richer than many cooler-vintage Chablis, yet unmistakably Grand Cru in its poise and precision, this is a superb expression of one of the region’s finest terroirs.
Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Les Quatre Climats, Domaine Alain Chavy 2021
The Chavy family have been in Puligny for almost 200 years but the story begins much later in 1976 when Gérard Chavy decided to stop selling his grapes to négociants and bottle his wine under his own label. In 2003 Gerard’s sons, Alain and Jean-Louis, decided to split the estate following artistic differences and started their own Domaines. Alain Chavy’s seven hectares covers some of the most prestigious Puligny Premier Crus and with a restrained style that focuses on purity of fruit, has quickly become a jewel in the heart of the appellation. The 2021 ‘Les Quatre Climats’ is a true unicorn – a one-off cuvée, which contains the fruit left after the devastating frosts, from all four of the domaine’s premier cru sites. Alain's vineyards are sustainably farmed, with all cuvées hand harvested and barrel fermented at low temperatures; his secret to maintaining depth, complexity and energy. The Chavy holding in Les Clavoillons is all that stops Domaine Leflaive from having the monopole of this 5.59 hectare vineyard.
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