2017 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru "Montée de Tonnerre"

SKU #1408157 93 points John Gilman

With the very low yields here in Montée de Tonnerre, I was expecting this wine to be a bit dense and further behind in its development than the other premier crus in the cellar, but this was not the case and the 2017 version here at Domaine Michel is going to be very, very good. The bouquet is pure and classic, offering up scents of apple, lime, chalky minerality, dried flowers and a topnote of orange peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, poised and racy in personality, with a fine core of fruit, excellent backend mineral drive and a long, nascently complex and zesty finish. This is very, very good this year. 2022-2050. (1/2019)

91-93 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

An overtly floral nose flashes notes of iodine, freshly sliced white-fleshed fruit and an interesting hint of tangerine peel. There is both excellent volume and vibrancy to the solidly powerful and focused flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the beautifully long, complex and well-balanced finale. Classy juice that is well-worth your attention. (10/2018)

89-91 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The product of the smallest crop harvested from this site in fully 48 years, the 2017 Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre exhibits aromas of peaches, apples and tangerine. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, glossy and saline, but it lacks the energy that's customary from this site—and which characterizes the best of Michel's 2017s, for that matter. (WK) (8/2018)

K&L Notes

91-95pts Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy: "Pale lemon and lime, this is actually not ultra-exotic, tamed by the frost perhaps, but the thread of high quality fruit remains with quite some intensity. The finish is pure kimmeridgian marine minerality." (01/2019)