Billaud Simon, Chablis Clos Size:12x750ml Doug Shafer noted that this

Doug Shafer noted that this fruit was picked at up to 26 degrees Brix

more so than the '89 (or the '82

This warm 2022 season yielded painfully little Chardonnay volumes in Margaret River

there is fine richness to the succulent and caressing middleweight flavors that also conclude in a citrusy and bone-dry finish that is better-balanced

There is fine richness and density to the bigger-bodied and more powerful flavors that exhibit fine length on the very dry but not really austere finale

Billaud Simon, Chablis Clos Size:12x750ml Doug Shafer noted that this(from a . 44 ha parcel of vines planted in 1966). This possesses what is arguably the most aromatically complex nose in the range with its perfumed and ripe scents of oyster shell, sea breeze, green apple, lemon rind and white flowers. The wonderfully refined large scaled flavors are almost pungently mineral and this stony character continues onto the markedly dry, balanced and hugely finish that exudes hints of iodine. This is breathtakingly good