2022 Louis Michel Chablis 1er Forets

Pale lemon yellow. The bouquet suggests that the Forêt will have a little more flesh on the bones than the more austere Montmains. Floral notes as well as ripe apples. A light citrus rinse at the back, and no reductive character. Drink from 2025-2030. Tasted: June 2023.  Jasper Morris 90-93

Ripe yet fresh and bright aromas are comprised by notes of citrus, sea breeze and more prominent mineral reduction nuances. There is better volume if less refinement to the dense and vibrant medium weight flavors that flash focused power on the lightly stony, rich, delicious and zest-inflected finale. This too would benefit from developing better complexity so a few years of keeping should prove helpful.  Burghound 89-91