Domaine Louis Michel et Fils, Chablis
Domaine Louis Michel er én af Chablis’ ”gamle” familie-producenter, med beliggenhed helt centralt i byen.
Der er dog ikke noget gammelt og støvet over hverken domainet eller vinene!
Guillaume Michel er nu i spidsen for domainet, som råder over en imponerende portofolio med 3 Grand Cru’er, 8 Premier Cru’er samt både Chablis og Petit Chablis.
The vines for Louis Michel's Grenouilles are from a rocky, sunnier site higher up on the slope. The vines here always benefit from a gentle breeze, adding to the concentration coming from these 70-75 year-old vines. A very long, elegant and profound expression of Grenouilles. This has a fine balance between sweetness of ripe fruit and spice notes to finish. - Andy Howard MW
The 2020 Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles is also very attractive, revealing aromas of pear, fresh peach, white flowers, citrus blossom, freshly baked bread and nutmeg. Full-bodied, rich and layered, it's a deep, concentrated wine, with more flesh on its bones than the sensual, refined Vaudésir. - William Kelley
The 2018 Chablis Grenouilles Grand Cru has a complex nose with scents of crushed stone, Chinese white tea and light pressed white flower aromas. The palate is well balanced with a viscous opening, one of the most powerful and intense 2018 Chablis that I have tasted, delivering layers of lightly honeyed fruit laced with spice toward the finish. What it lacks in nervosité, it compensates with sheer hubris! - Neal Martin
Wafting from the glass with aromas of yellow orchard fruit, peach, white flowers and honeycomb, the 2018 Chablis Grand Cru Grenouilles is medium to full-bodied, textural and enveloping, with a deep and voluminous core of fruit, ripe but racy acids and a long, mineral finish. - William Kelley
Duft af flint, kridt, neutral frugt og citrus piftet op med et forsigtigt drys hvid peber. Ikke alverden, når forventningen er helt i top. Men denne grand cru fra en af Chablis' topproducenter har ikke travlt med at vise, hvad den kan. Bare vent, siger den - der kommer mere. Meget mere. I munden får man allerede en forsmag. Utrolig magtfuld og pakket til bristepunktet med aromaer af mandarin, pomelo og fersken. Syren er syleskarp og brænder næsten som chili. Hold da op, det bliver stort en dag. Gem, gem, gem!
Mingling notes of fresh peach, yellow apples and dried white flowers with aromas of honeycomb and fresh pastry, it's full-bodied, layered and textural, with a satiny attack that segues into a deep, concentrated mid-palate, underpinned by racy acids and concluding with a bright finish. - William Kelley
Domaine bottlings of this grand cru are comparatively rare, such is the dominance of the La Chablisienne co-operative. This unoaked example is delicious, showing real zip and zest with crunchy pear and citrus flavours. - Tim Atkin MW
The Grenouilles is quite ripe in profile, but it’s nonetheless more classic in style than Les Clos, with a pretty nose of citrus zest, white flowers, iodine and oyster shell. On the palate the wine is glossy and nicely concentrated, with a ripe core of fruit but a bright, tensile line of acidity and good grip on the long, sappy finish.
Light-medium yellow. Ripe, slightly musky aromas of white peach, apple and flowers. Offers a captivating touch of sweetness on entry, then lively and tight in the middle palate, showing good citrussy penetration. But less thick than the Vaudésir and a bit streamlined today. Finishes tight and dry, with a positive bitterness. - Stephen Tanzer
Light-medium yellow. Ripe, slightly musky aromas of white peach, apple and flowers. Offers a captivating touch of sweetness on entry, then lively and tight in the middle palate, showing good citrussy penetration. But less thick than the Vaudésir and a bit streamlined today. Finishes tight and dry, with a positive bitterness. - Stephen Tanzer
Pale yellow. Inviting aromas of ripe yellow fruits, tangy citrus zest and wild herbs. Larger-scaled and rounder than the foregoing premier crus, with a strong spice character intensifying and lifting the stone fruit flavors. The most voluminous of these 2014s to this point but not yet filled in. Finishes lightly dusty and persistent. - Stephen Tanzer
