DOMAINE DE LA MOTTE PETIT CHABLIS
Proper baby Chablis
Chablis, Burgundy.
2021
13% ABV
100% Chardonnay
75cl
£20.95
Price includes VAT
Tasting Notes:
Aromatic fruit with a hint of patchouli smoke on the nose. The palate has lovely weight with ripe, fleshy cooked lemons, a touch of stone fruit and a good mineral backbone. Far superior than the name "Petit" might suggest.
About the wine:
Vineyards are in the Hautes Côtes, at the top of the slopes just above Domaine de la Motte's Chablis classified plots and so achieve good ripeness. The soil is Portlandian, which is less chalky than Kimmeridgian, and typically produces wines which are less mineral and more fruity, well suited to earlier drinking. Having said that, Motte’s wine has real finesse with good fruit character – very much their house style. Cool-fermented in stainless steel, malolactic fermentation is also in stainless steel and the wine is unoaked.
About the Producer:
Domaine de la Motte is owned and run by self taught winemaker Bernard Michaut. Established in 1950, the Domaine has around 25 hectares of vines around the village of Beines, near Chablis.
Food match:
This Petit Chablis is a light fruity wine that marries perfectly with oysters and all shellfish.
