Long-Depaquit Chablis Les Clos 2018 (750ML)

97 WE / 94-95 JS / 92-94 VM

Beautiful subtlety on this wine's nose recalls smoky lemon, citrus pith and molten candlewax. The palate also holds these notions, bolstering that lemony waxiness with thick, layered chalkiness and pithy, mouthwatering freshness. This is concentated and bold, offering energy and drive, with a contradictory heat emanating from a cool core. A compelling wine, it needs to calm down a little. Drink 2025–2040. Anne Krebiehl MW – Wine Enthusiast

This has very attractive grapefruit and gently flinty, stony notes with oyster shell, lemon juice and a backdrop of gently toasty oak spice. The palate offers some very composed, succulent and intensely concentrated citrus fruit that just holds and holds and holds. Spectacular length and purity here. Drink over the next decade.—James Suckling