Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
2021
Jean-Marc Brocard's origins lie in the Côte d'Or, a farmer's son from the village of Chaudenay-le-Château, not even the son of the vigneron. Following his father’s advice Jean-Marc studied Engineering leaving behind agricultural life. It was an accident of marriage that brought him to wine when he married Claudine (his childhood sweetheart), a vigneron's daughter from the village of St-Bris-le-Vineux in the valley of Yonne. Starting with single a hectare of vines from his father-in-law in...
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This very known soil, the vastest of Grands Crus, has a big personality. The south exposure gives generous, very dry, powerful, rich, long wines on the palate, which make miracles after some years of ageing. Les Clos always develop in an exceptional way in time, by remaining mineral and powerful.
The 2021 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru, which comes directly from tank, has an intense wild peach and honeysuckle nose. Quite powerful for the vintage, perhaps the fruit just occludes the mineralité of this Les Clos? The palate is well balanced with a little heaviness on the entry, notes of guava and pineapple, but for me, it is missing some tension and energy towards the finish compared to the Bougros.
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