Domaine Louis Michel et Fils - 1er Cru Butteaux 2017

Name: Domaine Louis Michel et Fils - 1er Cru Butteaux 2017
Brand: Domaine Louis Michel & Fils
Rating: 4.1 (9 reviews)

Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux|White wine

Burgundy

White

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Drink or Keep

4.1/5 (9 customers)

15,5/20

RVF

92/100

Robert Parker

chardonnay

long finish

1er cru

"The 2017 Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru presents very well, offering lovely aromas of lemon zest, beeswax, ripe apple and oyster shell. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, deep and nicely concentrated, with mellow dry extract, ripe acids and a long, well-defined finish." (Wine Advocate 2019) Typical Chablis!

Features

Estate

Domaine Louis Michel & Fils

Cuvée

1er Cru Butteaux

Vintage

2017

Designation

Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux

Region

Burgundy

Grape varieties

100% Chardonnay

Terroirs

Kimmeridgian, strong presence of white and blue clays mixed with large blocks of fossilized oyster marl

Viticulture

Traditional and meticulous

Harvest

At optimum maturity

Winemaking

Long fermentation with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled vats

Breeding

12 to 16 months in stainless steel vats with long stabulation in moderately cold conditions

Alcohol content

13%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Pale yellow colour

Nose

Complex, with aromas of caramelized baked apple, toasted notes, wet stone and undergrowth.

Mouth

Dynamic, with a mouth-watering finish

Serve

Decant at 10-12°C

Drink before

2025

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with a seafood platter, spaghetti alle vongole, scallops, langoustine carpaccio ...

Domaine Louis Michel & Fils

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

3*Star rating (High-quality production, a benchmark in its sector)

About the domain :

An old Chablis family, the Michel's cultivate the very best areas, both premier cru and grand cru. The estate is one of the very few to offer the Grenouilles Grand Cru, whose main producer is La Chablisienne. Since 1969, vinification has been carried out in stainless steel tanks, so that the wines here often start off discreetly in bottle, but their minerality reveals itself without concern after a few years' cellaring.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated (2019 guide) 92/100 (Outstanding wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2022) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

About the wine:

The 2017 Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru presents very well, offering lovely aromas of lemon zest, beeswax, ripe apple and oyster shell. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, deep and nicely concentrated, with mellow dry extract, ripe acids and a long, well-defined finish. This is a 2017 that nods to the 2015 vintage in terms of structure and scale, but it's well-balanced and will be rewarded after time in bottle.

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

Wine rated (2020 guide) 15.5/20 (Good wine)

About the wine:

Nice volume and tasty, ripe material in Butteaux, a neat, rather precocious wine.

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Customer rating

4.1/5

out of 9 reviews