Michel Barat 2000 Chablis
Ripe green fruits and minerals. Fresh, light palate with good fruit throughout. ** ...
Ripe green fruits and minerals. Fresh, light palate with good fruit throughout. ** ...
Ripe but balanced. Mineral and floral. A perfect Chablis Villages. Perhaps the best young Barat Chablis A.C. I have tasted. From the lieu-dit les Champlains. ** ...
A perfectly aged Chablis Villages with good acidity. Color still pale and limpid with a little straw hue. Good fruit and light-bodied with an olive oil texture. *** ...
Chalky and mineral with great length and an earthy finish. ** ...
More viscous and better balanced than the normal Villages. A fuller, more complete wine with excellent balance and length. ** ...
Good front-palate ripeness. Green fruits, nice acidity a touch prickly in the finish. ** ...
A complex nose with aromas of earth and fruit. Great, spicy finish. Vines from 1905, 1926 & 1942. **(*) ...
Yellow peaches with a slight vegetal hint. Balanced and focused with nice attack and length. 3,000 bottles from a vineyard between Cote de Lechet and Vau de Vey. * ...
A bit reductive and a touch on the light side. More earthy than fruity. Drink early. * ...
From the lieu-dit la Carrierre, sent in its entirety to a wine merchant in North Carolina. Ripe yellow fruits with a nose of clay. Medium body with good density. Not overly expressive, perhaps just tight today, but very good. ** ...