($66): My advice to Chablis-lovers is to snap up this wine. It’s really no surprise since it’s a trifecta: Louis Michel is a great producer of pure distinctive Chablis, Vaudésir along with Les Clos are the two top Grand Cru vineyard sites in Chablis, and 2014 was a stellar vintage for white Burgundy in general. The wine is tightly wound, befitting a young Grand Cru, waiting to explode. The riveting minerality and a lemon-like acidity are beautifully balanced, but hidden underneath the youthful vigor, waiting to emerge. Give this wine five to ten years — after all, it is a Grand Cru. If your budget and patience allow, you should have some in your cellar. I do.
95 Michael Apstein Oct 3, 2017