Domaine Bernard Defaix Bougros Grand Cru Chablis 2024

"One barrel. Fuller yellow and much oakier, with some spice. Plenty of fruit too, but the oak is currently taking the lead. A long and very saline finish. Drink from 2028-2034." 90-93 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

"Not the widest nose but here is the the wine that the most overtly concentrated yet still offering a fine and open perfume. Hmm, concentration and fluidity in harmony. Saline, cushioned flavours – but despite the obvious concentration, this just begs you to drink and then drink again – bravo!" Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report

Diam. Located in the northwest corner of the Grand Cru slope below Preuses, Bougros has a notable south-easterly exposure and the steepest gradient of all the Chablis Grand Cru vineyards. We like Jasper Morris’s evocative description of the Bougros style, which he says is "like being smothered in a great big woolly jumper—big, fat, soft and round”. This speaks to the texture of the wines from here. Morris goes on to describe the top of the vineyard—the sector from which this wine hails—as displaying the classical minerality of Chablis.