Guy Robin Chablis Montee de Tonnerre Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru 2018

Was $60. Not today! Montee de Tonnerre OLD VINES 1er Cru from the fine ‘18 vintage at a price to load up your car! 

We NEVER get enough good Chablis around here, but with the restaurant situation, deals keep coming. This one’s a DOOZY -- Guy Robin Chablis Montee de Tonnerre 1er Cru (no scores yet) for $39.95...seems impossible, but here we are. Don’t miss!

Marie-Ange represents the fourth generation of vine growers in the family. It was her father, Guy, who slowly, parcel by parcel, purchased vineyards in the 1960s, yet it is Marie-Ange who has brought the winery to a level of greatness for which it was always destined. Simply put, there are few other Chablis estates with such a rich collection of older vines, and as a result, few other estates that deliver Chablis wines of such character, depth of flavor and complexity. Because Guy refused to tear up vines for high-yielding clones, as was the practice decades ago in Chablis, some 80% of the family’s vines across five grand cru vineyards and four premier cru vineyards are older vines!

The Kimmeridgian soils of the Tonnerre terroir (meaning the fossilization of small sea creatures from the Kimmeridgian era) is a chalky, limestone-rich slope that helps the grapes retain acidity and express a piercingly mineral character that we crave in Chablis. Just to the south and on the same exposition as Grand Cru Blanchots and Les Clos, Montee de Tonnerre (“thunder mountain”) is often thought of as the top 1er cru site in Chablis and often compared to the Grand Crus. After all, its Kimmeridgian rich soils and similar geology which makes for easy comparisons. Marie-Ange’s version in 2018 is almost opulent, while retaining the racy minerality - lemon custard, white stone fruits, lime drizzled with honey, earth and oyster shell notes with a satiny, lovely texture.

Crazy price...while it lasts!