Moreau-Naudet & Fils Chablis 1er Cru Les Forêts

Round and ripe with a broad texture, but still had the textbook steely citrus and lemon fruit of Chablis. The intensity and richness was well-balanced by the crispness on the finish. Fantastic value.

Light lemon toned and colored, this looks quite fat in the glass, with glycerin-rich legs. The nose though isn't overly heady, ripe peach but still that chablis crispness. This certainly has the opulence of the vintage, and is relatively ripe, juicy and open. A lovely lemony twist though on the finish keeps this balanced. Perhaps not bags of complexity, nor a textbook chablis (as few 2015s are), but this is very enjoyable. Drinking beautifully right now.

nose - fresh peach, seabreeze mouth - very crisp, extremely refreshing, lively pit fruit, sleek, inviting, delicious chablis

My contribution to a blind Chablis tasting and ended up WOTN. Nose - fresh minerality, tidal pool, pears, white blossoms, lime zest. Initally medium acidity that swells to a rich juiciness with a palate where the ripeness at harvest is present in the lemon, yellow raspberry, oyster shell, green apple & melon rind.

Ripe citrus, fair amount of glycerine, average acidity, little in the way of minerality.

Some Wines from the 2018 La Paulée Grand Tasting of 2015 Burgundy (The Fairmont, San Francisco) : Ripe pear balanced by some salinity. At least you get a tad of leanness and mineral essence here. Better than the Vaillons but still not what most people are looking for in a Chablis.

La Paulée de SF Grand Tasting (Fairmont Hotel, SF CA) : Good density and structure here with a lighter acid profile. Lemon/lime. Crisp, fresh finish. 91-92