92-94pts VinousThe 2022 Chablis Bougros Grand Cru, matured in tank without any barrels, has a more complex bouquet than the Blanchot, more fruit depth with dried apricot and yellow flower scents, and impressive vitality and tension. The palate is well-bala
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92-94pts Vinous
The 2022 Chablis Bougros Grand Cru, matured in tank without any barrels, has a more complex bouquet than the Blanchot, more fruit depth with dried apricot and yellow flower scents, and impressive vitality and tension. The palate is well-balanced, with a fine bead of acidity counterbalancing the slightly honeyed fruit and hints of melon and mango towards the harmonious finish. This is going to be superb. Drinking Window: 2026-2045
– ByNeal MartinonJuly 2023
Its a good clean vintage in 2022, Australian-born winemaker Marc Cameron tells me as we taste through his range of wines. The heat burnt down a lot of total acidity, which is lower than average with slightly above normal levels of alcohol. The pHs are good, more balanced than even perhaps the 2020s, considering it comes from one of the hottest years in history. We started picking on August 31 for 10 to 12 days to keep the acidity, the yields were good, mostly around 58hL/ha, though Mont de Milieu was only 33hL/ha due to a little bit of frost. It was difficult to get pickers in 2022, and it will be the same this year. You have to start picking early in the morning, at around 7am. Were getting more cooling tanks for future vintages. The Grand Crus and half the Premier Crus are picked by hand, the others picked by machine. The wines are better with the harvesting machine for the Petit Chablis and Chablis as we can pick at the right time in 12 days instead of three weeks. When its raining, we can stop. Like their neighbor, Christian Moreau, I feel Servin is a rather under-estimated Chablis producer. I have experienced first-hand plenty of mature bottles that age better than you might suppose. Their 2022s are steered with Camerons touch as a winemaker, with some entry-level cuves such as the Vieilles Vignes Massale well worth hunting down.
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