2023 Chablis Butteaux
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Issuing from two plots planted with massal selection in 1956 and 1962, totaling 0.5 hectares, Eleni & Edouard Vocoret’s 2023 Chablis 1er Cru Les Butteaux is the most incisive and linear wine in the range. Exhibiting notes of green apple, oyster shell and lemon zest, it’s medium to full-bodied, bright and tense, retaining plenty of classically Chablisien character, and concludes with a pure, searingly saline and precise finish. It is well worth seeking out.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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Big and a bit less juicy than some. A bit chewy. (JR)
The 2023 Chablis Les Butteaux 1er Cru is now around 0.52 hectares as the original part was augmented with a new 0.20-hectare plot. This has a reserved bouquet, fine delineation, hints of white fruit, Granny Smith and crushed stone. The palate is much more expressive with good concentration, tightly wound, fine acidity, and a hint of lemongrass popping up on the finish. I bet this would blossom with 24 hours' aeration upon which my score is based.