Domaine Billaud-Simon Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume

White Burgundy tasting (@ Rotterdam, Netherlands) : A very light straw-coloured core with bright golden highlights kicks off proceedings for the day. Despite barely medium-minus intensity, precise notes of limes, Granny smith apples & carnations liven up the mineral base of Serein clay. Medium-plus bodied, this underrated 1er Cru is sufficiently extracted to fully buffer its pronounced acidity. On the mid-palate, beyond medium intense flavours of lemon, grapefruit and lively cretaceous minerals cut through a fatty clay foundation and if …