2020 Domaine Laroche Chablis

Les Blanchots Grand Cru 

 

94-96 pts Jasper Morris,

Inside Burgundy

 

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The 2020 vintage was minuscule - this is one for the short list of excellent white Burgundies for the vintage. 

 

 

Les Blanchots is a unique terroir made of a layer of white clay on Kimmeridgian limestone with ammonites. This is the ideal combination to keep the right amount of water for roots. The South-East exposure allows slow ripening and favours aroma development. Blanchots is delicate, silky and shows its charm after 5 years in bottle. At peak after 10 to 12 years.

 

 

 
 
 
2020 Domaine Laroche Chablis les Blanchots Grand Cru 
94-96 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy
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All is made in wood, but not necessarily recent – there are for example some twenty year old demi-muids. Clear brisk pale primrose. The bouquet is also fresh on the white limestone. Powerful with spice behind, an extraordinary intensity from the marl, all in white clothing. A bit of hawthorn here. Yet with a real linear intensity. Really quite special with an interesting nutty touch from the wood. Grégory talks of the powdery texture. Tasted: July 2021
 
2020 Domaine Laroche les Blanchots Reserve Obedience Grand Cru
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This flagship wine is now maturing slowly in a 25hl tank having been blended. The colour is clean with a green tint, the bouquet suggests power but is backward. Enormously steely, with the flesh only appearing right at the finish, all in white fruit, less floral than the regular Blanchots. Grégory finds fleur de cassis or elderflower. Extremely backward but so intense.  Tasted: July 2021

 

Blending of the best wines from the finest parcels Grand Cru Les Blanchots 

 

2020 Domaine Laroche Chablis le Clos Grand Cru

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A clear paler lemon yellow. This is a very pure, even quite low key Les Clos but it is fine nonetheless, though not singing as much as the Blanchots before it, and doubtless the Reserve de l’Obédience which comes next. Softer flesh across the palate, with weight and concentration. A very long finish, though, so this may just be going through a quiet phase. Tasted: July 2021

 

2020 Domaine Laroche Chablis L'Homme Mort 1er Cru

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Just two demi muids. Clear bright lemon and lime colour. Compared to the regular Fourchaume there is a little bit more power, weight of fruit, on the nose, and then this excellent balance between generous white fruit and a light lime infusion for the acidity. Tasted: July 2021

 

L'Homme Mort vineyard's topography is such that it receives slightly higher levels of sunshine than other areas within Fourchaume – making it one of the better known Premier Crus in this part of the valley.

 

2020 Domaine Laroche Chablis Vieille Voye 

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Just one foudre of their production from this excellent vineyard has been retained for this bottling as the rest is needed as the cornerstone of St Martin. It has been racked but not prepared for bottling. Pale primrose, marine and showing a bit of sulphur. Significant volume of ripe fruit on the palate with an excellent cutting edge and a surprising amount of spice. Tasted: July 2021

 

Vieille Voye is located beneath Premier Cru Les Vaillons on a rounded top with wide exposure. This wine is made just like a Premier Cru: hand-made harvest, grape sorting in the winery and long ageing in French oak “foudre”.

 

 
 
Sincerely,

Ron van Vlaardingen  
Fine Wine Sales Director

Grand Vin Wine Merchants

1003 4th Avenue E  | Olympia, WA  98506 | Office: 360.350.4896 x 2

www.grandvinwinemerchants.com | ronv@grandvinwinemerchants.com 

 
 
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