La Chablisienne - Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu 2014

Name: La Chablisienne - Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu 2014
Brand: La Chablisienne
Rating: 4 (23 reviews)

Chablis 1er Cru|White wine

Burgundy

White

Sold individually

Drink or Keep

4/5 (23 customers)

16/20

Bettane & Desseauve

15,5/20

RVF

91/100

Decanter

"Once again, Mont de Milieu is our favorite cuvée in the estate's Premier Cru range: saline, ripe and full, this nervous wine shows itself to be complete, polished and dense." (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2018 - RVF)

Features

Estate

La Chablisienne

Cuvée

1er Cru Mont de Milieu

Vintage

2014

Designation

Chablis 1er Cru

Region

Burgundy

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Terroirs

Middle and Upper Kimmeridgian soils. Alternating limestone and marl with Exogyra virgula

Viticulture

traditional and meticulous

Harvest

partly manual

Winemaking

Static cold settling before fermentation. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in small barrels and tanks.

Breeding

15 months on fine lees, in vats and small barrels

Alcohol content

13 %

Tasting & pairing

Eye

clear, brilliant pale yellow colour

Nose

aromas of ripe fruit, vanilla wood and a fine mineral reduction. On aeration, intense minerality.

Mouth

beautiful maturity supported by a great structure

Serve

at 12-13°C

Open

1 hour before

Drink from

2017

Drink before

2024

Food and wine pairing

will be appreciated with turbot in mousseline sauce, snails, grilled salmon, marinated raw fish...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Rated 16/20 (Very good wine)

Domaine rated (2020 guide) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the domain :

Chablis' leading producer always delivers a faithful interpretation of the appellation, thanks to the precise, meticulous work of oenologist Vincent Bartement. As always, the wines are presented with a vintage gap, this year 2016, a complicated vintage but one in which Mont-de-Milieu fares very well. Other terroirs that are usually successful at the winery are tasting a little less well, so let's wait for the 2017s!

Decanter

Rated wine (2017 guide) 91/100

Guide Hachette des vins

Domaine noté (guide 2020) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

La Chablisienne, a cooperative winery founded in 1923, brings together almost 300 winegrowers and represents a quarter of the Chablis vineyards. In 2013, La Chablisienne celebrated its 90th anniversary. A modern, high-performance structure that makes a major contribution to the appellation's reputation. The Grenouilles Grand Cru is one of its flagship wines.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated (2018 guide) 15.5/20 (Good wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2020) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the wine:

Once again, Mont de Milieu is our favorite cuvée in the domaine's Premier Cru range: saline, ripe and full-bodied, this nervous wine is complete, polished and dense.

About the domain :

The largest producer in Chablis is one of France's top cooperatives, as adept at sales as it is at winemaking. Among the many cuvées produced, it is necessary to know how to sort out the best, but all the wines benefit today from perfect technical mastery in pressing and ageing on lees. The great specialties are the Chablis Vieilles Vignes, with its great consistency, and the heavy-bottled Premier Crus, which rival the best produced by private cellars, not forgetting the famous Grand Cru Château Grenouilles, which should not be drunk too young! The entry-level wines have made good progress, losing their characteristic notes of reduction. La Chablisienne is in fine form!

Customer reviews

Customer rating

4/5

out of 23 reviews

Note and review by M. STEVY L. Published on 31/05/2020

Can you get bored with a sure thing from a well-known cellar? Not at all with Chablis, and especially not with its premier crus, of which Mont de Milieu is the perfect example.