White Wine

Albert Bichot

Chablis 1er Cru Montmains 2018, 75cl

Burgandy

Albert Bichot

Montmains is a Premier Cru from the Left Bank in which the specific parcel of the Long Depaquit faces south-east. A preferred Premier Cru by many, its high chalk content brings huge concentration, minerality and backbone to the wine. The parcel is based on the preferred ‘Les Forets’ sub-plot, whose clay elements in the soil add additional richness to the wine. Domaine Long-Depaquit is the Domaine Chablis, owned by the highly respected négociant house of Albert Bichot. The year 2018 is the first vintage for winemaker Cecilia Trimaille, the first woman to be in charge of one of the Bichot sites. She arrived from Chateau Margaux and started at Bichot at the end of 2017. Each of the 2018s we tasted showed a superb level of concentration, and the classic Chablis strain, compact at first but then expanding and building on the palate. These are a truly impressive set of wines for Cecilia’s first vintage in charge.

Allergens information

Contains sulphites.

Albert Bichot

Headquartered in Beaune, Albert Bichot, which has twice been voted by the International Wine Challenge as the best winery in the world for its production of red and white wines, now has several areas in Burgundy. There are six properties in total, the Domaine Long-Depaquit (Chablis), the Domaine du Clos-Frantin and the Château-Gris (Côte de Nuits / Nuits-Saint-Georges), the Domaine du Pavillon (Côte de Beanes / Pommard), the Domaine Adélie (Côte Chalonnaise / Mercurey) and the Domaine de Rochegrès (Moulin-à-Vent / Beaujolais). In addition to these areas, the winery also invested in a project with its own land in the Languedoc, in the south-east of France, more precisely in the Gardie Valley, where it can produce the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes with subtlety and elegance close to what is found in Burgundy, being harvested after a long maturation. In each property there is an independent vinification structure and an expert winemaker in that terroir / climat, responsible for the production of the first day in the vineyards until the wine ready. Nothing of a “superenologist” making all the wines equal. With a new winery since 2014, more ecological, Château Long-Depaquit, located in the heart of the village of Chablis in Yonne, is a trend in the fields of Albert Bichot. It has assets of 65 hectares (10 Grands Cru) where the vines are cultivated with a sustainable approach, with income control and non-interventionist vinifications in the search of authentic, mineral and elegant wines. In addition, they use the soil in a way to maintain the expression of each terroir. “The most important thing is to observe, not act fanatically, to learn about nature, with humility, this is what my grandfather taught me and I still do,” concludes Abich Bichot.

Address

6 Bd Jacques Copeau 21200 Beaune – France