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About This Wine
Butteaux is a lieu-dit of Montmains, a 40 ha finger of vines on the south-western end of the Montmains hill. Guillaume has 3 ha and produces two cuvées of Butteaux; this is made exclusively from the oldest vines, covering 0.75 hectares and planted over 65 years ago. This is a really interesting cuvée that merits its own bottling, with subtle acacia and white pear notes. Drink 2027-2038
Type | White Wine |
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Varietal(s) | Chardonnay |
Country | France |
Region | Burgundy |
Brand | Domaine Louis Michel et Fils |
Vintage | 2021 |
Wines of Chablis
Arguably the most uniquely tasting Chardonnay in the world, most people are blown away to discover this special type of Chardonnay for the first time. The cool climate region produces wines with more acidity and less fruit flavours, but a unique flinty note derived from the soils.
Although considered a part of the Burgundy wine region, Chablis is closer in distance to Champagne which it shares an exceedingly rare and unique soil with. Kimmeridgian soil is not found anywhere else in the world except in southern England, Champagne and Chablis. A 180-million-year-old geologic formation of decomposed clay and limestone, containing tiny fossilized oyster shells, this soil type produces wines full of minerality, salinity, intensity, and finesse.
In Chablis they use a similar ranking system to that of Burgundy. From Grand Crus at the top, to Premier Crus, to Chablis and Petit Chablis at the bottom.