93pts Wine AdvocateFrom another court-nou-impacted parcel that produces relatively small yields35 hectoliters per hectare, to be precisethe 2022 Chablis 1er Cru Schets is exhibiting notes of white flowers, lemon peel and beeswax mingling with oyster shell.
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From another court-nou-impacted parcel that produces relatively small yields35 hectoliters per hectare, to be precisethe 2022 Chablis 1er Cru Schets is exhibiting notes of white flowers, lemon peel and beeswax mingling with oyster shell. It is medium to full-bodied, concentrated and racy, with a long, pungently intense finish. Together with Butteaux Vieilles Vignes, its one of the highlights of Michels premiers crus. Drink Date: 2025 – 2039
Guillaume Michel presides over this 25-hectare estate, with most of the land located in the historic part of Chablis. This estate has long been a reference point for tank-fermented and -matured Chablis, a style that the Michel family helped to popularize in the 1980s. Intense and tensile wines are the calling card here, pure and unadorned in style.
Seventy percent of Michels holdings are in premier cru and grand cru zones, with the average age of vines being 50 years. Today, seven people work in the vineyards year-round. Organic farming is practiced, except for years with major weather incidents.
In the cellar, fermentation is carried out with indigenous yeast, malolactic fermentation occurs spontaneously, and there is no cold stabilization. Some cuves see a slightly longer levage: usually eight to 10 months for Petit Chablis and Chablis Village, 13 to 18 months for premiers crus and 18 months for grands crus. This extended maturation on lees only enhances their quality.
Since 2021, all wines have been bottled under Diam closures, which should ensure their graceful evolution in the bottle.
Certain cuves stand outat the premier cru level, the old-vine Butteaux, Schet and Monte de Tonnerre, while at the grand cru level its Vaudsir and Les Clos.
Published:Mar 06, 2025
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