2021 Chablis, Forêts, 1er Cru, Louis Michel & Fils, Burgundy
- White
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Chardonnay
- Allen Meadows
- 90-92/100
- Jasper Morris MW
- 90-92/100
- William Kelley
- 91/100
- Andy Howard MW
- 93/100
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Description
Fôret is another lieu-dit of Montmains but such is its individuality that the great majority of the production is sold as Fôrets. Guillaume has 1.7 ha and he says the soil here is stonier than in Montmains and he is looking for the purest expression of that difference. There is some mid-palate fat but the overriding essence of the wine is of flinty cool stone and a rocky finish.
Drink 2026 - 2034
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Critics reviews
Once again, this could be from nowhere else but Chablis, with its array of citrus confit, quinine, ocean spray and oyster shell whiffs. The mouthfeel of the middleweight flavours is markedly different as it's smooth to the point of creaminess, yet there is still reasonably good detail on the nicely dry and solidly persistent finish. This needs to develop better depth but that should happen if it's given a chance.
Drink from 2027 onward
Forêts was badly frosted unfortunately. Pale lemon and lime. The bouquet is more closed here, wants to be mineral but currently reticent. But it has a fine thread of citrus lined stoniness across the palate. Not massive but nicely poised.
Drink 2024 - 2028
Aromas of honeycomb, toasted nuts, white flowers, and sweet citrus preface Michel's 2021 Chablis 1er Cru Forêts, a medium- to full-bodied, satiny, and incisive wine that's elegantly textural, with tangy acids and a saline finish. This is an electric young Chablis that will repay bottle age.
Drink 2025 - 2035
Louis Michel's Les Forêts comes from a site where the limestone bedrock lies very close to the surface. Notes of gun flint are much more evident, with a touch of smoky, reductive characters. On the palate, there are lime/lemon zest flavours. This is a very complex, interesting, and appealing premier cru with no shortage of density and one which will age very well.
Drink 2024 - 2028
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