2015 Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
Louis Michel
Located on the right bank of the river Serein - as with the grands crus - the Montée de Tonnerre is the most prestigious of all the Chablis premiers crus. The domaine grows fruit on a total of four hectares which were planted in 1974. The soil is Kimmeridgian from the right bank; it’s sticky and features marl with marine fossils, rich in limestone pebbles. Vines with an average age of 40 years.
October, 2017
The Wine Front
95 points
Distinct smell of pastis along with rockpools and sea shells, nectarine and ripe lemon. It’s full-flavoured, yet discreet, marrying flint to a subtle glycerol texture. There’s crunch and vivacity, complexity and satisfaction at every sip along the way, and a tight almost chalky finish of excellent length and carry. Wonderful.
November, 2018
Vinous Media
93 points
The 2015 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru has a taut, malic bouquet that is more like a 2014 than a 2015. I admire the precision on display here. The intense palate is well balanced, displaying good salinity and depth and revealing hints of walnut on the Meursault-like finish. This is an intriguing, complex Chablis that should age with style. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
January, 2017
jancisrobinson.com
17/20
Ripe apple with a lovely pithy skin character - much more depth on the palate than their Fôret. Chewy and textural - excellent.
August, 2017
Vinous Media
90 points
Exotic yet discreet scents of apple and fresh herbs, plus a faint lactic note. More open in the mouth than the Vaulorent; in fact, already generous even if its fruit tones are muted in the early going. Chewy, flinty, minerally wine with building pear fruit. Finishes with sneaky rising length. Doesn't show the normal austerity of this elite premier cru and yet this wine comes across as only moderately ripe. In fact, the estate had originally planned to pick this fruit on September 7 but had to bring it in quickly after the hailstorm.
October, 2016
Burghound
89-92 points
A pretty and distinctly ripe nose combines notes of white flower, pear, apple and quinine. The refined, pure and reasonably well-detailed medium weight flavors possess good richness and density while delivering reasonably good length on the moderately dry and lemon-inflected finale. This is presently not particularly complex but the underlying material appears to be such that more will almost certainly develop with a few years of bottle age.
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About Louis Michel
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Guillaume Michel is the sixth-generation representative of a family which has been making wine since 1850. He was recently handed the reins by his uncle Jean-Loup Michel. Their philosophy is to impart as little interference as possible, with the two principal ambitions being to respect the environment and to reflect the terroir in their wines.