Domaine Denis Race, Chablis 1er Cru (Burgundy, France) Vaillons 2014

($28, Martin Scott): Consumers would be wise to snap up this stunning Chablis because prices for all Chablis have nowhere to go but up.  The hail and other storms in Chablis so far in 2016 will reduce this year’s yield dramatically and will force prices of all Chablis that have yet to hit the market to rise.  This would be good advice even if 2014 was a mediocre year in Chablis.  But it wasn’t — it was a great year, on par with 2010 and 2008.  This wine reflects it.  Quintessential Chablis, this Vaillons delivers flinty minerality seamlessly integrated with green apple-like fruitiness and buttressed by innervating acidity.
94 Michael Apstein Jul 12, 2016