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Chablis, Gilbert Picq - 2023

Name: Chablis, Gilbert Picq
Brand: Gilbert Picq
SKU: 14963
Price: 34.96 USD
Availability: InStock

750 mL

Item # 14963

With yields kept very low, this village level Chablis has the breeding of a premier cru. It is always flinty and minerally, with notes of green apple and grapefruit. This is classic Chablis at its best.

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Color

White

Vintage

2023

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-Region

Chablis

Producer

Gilbert Picq

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

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Staff Pick Notes

In the tiny, quiet village of Chichée, just southeast of Chablis itself, the Picq family have farmed their small collection of vines for several generations. Today Domaine Gilbert Picq is maintained by his children Didier, Pascal and Marilyn, who continue to produce Chardonnay in a style that is always classically fresh, harmoniously balanced and truly riveting. This Estate labels is a collection of limestone and clay hillside vineyards averaging 20 years age. The vines are farmed sustainably and the grapes are hand harvested. Vinification takes place in stainless steel using natural yeasts. This youthful wine shows a bright and racy acidity, complimented by notes of earthy pear skin and dried green apple. While there is no oak used, the structure of this wine is impeccable.

- EC

Glossary

Burgundy

The range of wine styles offered in Burgundy rivals that of any other region. In Chablis, Chardonnay is left unoaked to produce lean, crisp, steely wines with incredible acidity - a far cry from the vanilla-oak bombs that so many consumers associate with this grape. Fans of rich, unctuous, and well-oaked Chardonnay will enjoy Chassagne-Montrachet, whose age-worthy offerings offer all the fatness of a California wine, yet retain a very Burgundian, mineral-driven core and great acidity....

Chardonnay

From Champagne to Chablis, it's hard (not to mention unpleasant) to avoid this famous white variety. During a huge popularity surge beginning in the late 1980s, Chardonnay plantings have increased dramatically -- not only in California's wine country, with which the variety is nearly synonymous, but also in Burgundy (its original, Old World home) and just about everywhere else in the winemaking world. It is a flexible, eager-to-please grape, responding well to just about anything a winemaker...