this bottle was slightly stripped of fruit

but David Powell delivers some remarkable reds and whites at prices that are more than fair for the quality in the bottle

grainy backbone of very ripe tannins and tons of vivacity

With time in the glass hints of sweet roses

Fragrant black cherry and blackcurrant

Louis Michel, Chablis Clos Vintage:2019 this bottle was slightly stripped(also from . 50 ha parcel, half of which is young vines). A ripe and less obviously exotic nose combines notes of various white orchard fruit, especially pear, with those of rose petal, citrus zest, mineral reduction and algae. The beautifully textured yet markedly intense broad shouldered flavors possess a supple and caressing mid palate that contrasts with the powerful, muscular and serious bitter lemon, stone and saline finish. Note that at least