Domaine Louis Michel - Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux Vieilles Vignes 2022 (750ml)

Decanter 94 points
"Restrained and with notable concentration, this is an intense premier cru with great potential. Notes of peach fruit cut with zesty lime citrus. Very fine. From 68-year-old vines on very dense, white clay soils which are like concrete when dry, heavy when wet."
Tim Atkin 94 points
"Guillaume Gicqueau-Michel calls this parcel "extremely Kimmeridgian", and its resulting wine has a pleasantly gritty, chalky dryness. Flavors of fennel, green gages, seashore and cheese rind add intensity and complexity on the palate. The acidity grips the dense palate and drags the flavors into a solid finish."
Vinous 92 - 94 points
"The 2022 Chablis Butteaux Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru comes from vines around 70 years old, only slightly older than the regular cuvée, but on different soils (white clay rather than brown with high fossil content). It is usually bottled slightly later. The nose is a little more expressive with hints of red cherries and peach skin - very well defined. The palate is well-balanced with more harmony than the regular cuvée, a crisp line of acidity and touches of oyster shell on the saline finish. Great persistence here. Excellent."
Jasper Morris 91-94 points
"Small millerand crop that ripened early. Pale in colour without too much nose. Nicely balanced on the palate though, a more tightly knit white fruit than the regular bottling, with a little lemon zest, and a balanced long finish. Picked at the right moment I suspect."
Burghound 90-93 points
"This is similar to the regular cuvée except that it seems ever-so-slightly riper. By contrast, there is better concentration and power to the medium-bodied flavors and, somewhat unusually, the mouthfeel is finer as well, particularly on the more complex if also more austere finale. Lovely."