2022 Chablis Bougros
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Tasting notes
The Preuses bottling benefits from 60 year old vines. Except for a flake of coconut the wood is less evident here. Tighter and tenser, a muscled grand cru, stopping short of spicy at the finish. The flavours are still expanding in the glass. Drink from 2028-2040. Tasted Jun 2024.
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Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
More reviews and scores
The 2022 Chablis Bougros Grand Cru has a thrilling bouquet with real intensity and purity: citrus peel, crushed limestone and sea cave. The palate is exquisite in terms of balance, perfectly judged acidity, saline and fresh with seamlessly integrated oak (50% barrel aged for the first 12 months). This fans out exquisitely on the finish. Oh yes. Oh YES!
Tank sample. Part oaked, part in tank, followed by six months in tank post blending and pre-bottling. Intense, creamy aroma, piercing limey citrus. On the palate, firm, deep and noticeably more oomph than the premier crus, more weight but not in the least heavy. Rich in a Chablis context, firm, long, a real beauty but I am not sure I would pay this much more for the grand cru when I compare it with the pleasure offered by the premiers crus. (JH)
About the producer
Samuel Billaud started making wine under his own name in 2009, but he is one of the most experienced producers in Chablis, having made wine in the region since 1985.