October 2024
BILLAUD-SIMON
Chablis Bougros Grand cru 2023
(from a purchase of 5 barrels of must; 40% wood). A restrained and attractively nuanced nose is comprised by a plenitude of citrus elements along with pretty floral wisps that are wrapped in moderate but not intrusive wood influence. There is fine volume, richness and power though not nearly the same refined of the Blanchots or Montée de Tonnerre while delivering very good if not truly distinguished depth and length on the ever-so-mildly warm finale.
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