Samuel Billaud Chablis Montee de Tonnerre 1er Cru 2024
Samuel Billaud Chablis Montee de Tonnerre 1er Cru 2024
Varietal - Chardonnay
Country - France
Region - Burgundy
Vintage - 2024
Size - 750 ml
95 points James Suckling
There is great purity to this, with implicit minerality, limey fruit and seashells. Dense, compact minerality and limey flavors with pretty dense character. Vertical, really long and crystalline. 56 years old vines from the two climats: Chapelot and Montée de Tonnerre. Drink or hold.
95 points Jasper Morris
Another pale colour. The bouquet indicates just a little more ripeness. This is just exactly what one hopes for from this vineyard. A little more succulence, a little more flesh, but still the classical marine backbone. Drives on at the finish. Excellent. Drink from 2029-2034. Tasted Jun 2025.
95 points Burghound
Note: from a .45 ha holding in both Montée de Tonnerre proper and Chapelot. A more elegant and more floral-infused nose speaks of mineral reduction, iodine, quinine and an array of citrus nuances. Once again, the mouthfeel of the middle weight flavors is super-sleek with excellent delineation that carries over to the almost painfully intense, chiseled, stony and strikingly long finish. This is pretty much textbook MdT so if you can find it, buy it.*Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*