What a great nose of candied citrus and pineapple with terrific focus and vitality on the intensely chalky and salty palate that has wonderful balance, the finish long and graceful. Fermented and matured 80% in stainless steel tanks and 20% in used oak barrique casks. Drink or hold. (Stuart Pigott, June 2024)

A honey citrus palate with nice texture and a fresh finish. (UK)

There is some middle concentration in these mineral aromatics. A small reduction but the shape and juiciness of the wine balances that less attractive flavour. The finish sustains well. Good wine. (UK, March 2024)

More citrusy freshness to this, showing grapefruit, lemons and chamomile, with hints of beeswax and smoked almond undertones. Medium- to full-bodied, complex and focused, balanced by that zesty acidity. Even better from 2024.

Some tension, with a savory, dark, and mineral grip. 2023 - 2027

A nose that's more than just a width of salinity - here are higher and lower tones of complexity too. Some gas but this is still the wine with the most fluid energy and delivery of flavour. It's a bit brusque today, but it's a wine potentially with everything and potentially a great one!

The wine has a pale lemon color. The nose is fragrant, complex and deep. It expresses notes of fresh lemon, candied lemon zest, bitter orange jam, orange zest, fresh apricot, green apple, green pear, white peach, as well as subtle floral notes (acacia, apple blossom, lily), vanilla, a touch of brioche and lactic (yogurt), wild flower honey, rosemary in syrup, and wild mint. On the palate, the wine offers smoothness, precision and freshness. It expresses delicate and integrated spicy notes (a hint of vanilla, nutmeg), fine lactic touches (apricot yogurt, cream), fresh stone fruits (tangy apricot, crunchy white peach), associated with tangy and incisive notes of lime, lemon zest, lemon juice, crushed green apple, passion fruit, as well as subtle notes of white flowers and fresh and dried herbs (lemon flower, acacia, dried lime, cut grass in the background). The finish is savoury and fragrant, with lots of freshness and complexity. Very good persistence on a pleasant bitterness of grapefruit and bitter orange, completed by a fine mineral frame and notes of honey and candied quince which appear at the end. The acidity is lively and salivating.

This white starts out creamy and evokes lemon cake, peach and stony mineral flavors. Ends with a hint of grapefruit and firms up with a tactile feel. Drink now through 2028.

At first there's a touch of butterscotch, but then the ripe-citrus and yellow-apple aromas comes through on the nose. Concentrated and very focused palate, which has a wonderful integration of fruit, minerality and fine tannin right through the long finish. Drink or hold.

Very classic nose with delicate citrus-blossom and floral-honey notes. Very elegant with a finely etched medium body and a very long, salty yet refined finish. Just beginning to open up. Drink or hold.

There is better Chablis typicity to the aromas of pear, iodine and mineral reduction. As is often the case, the medium-bodied flavors are finer if slightly less intense on the equally stony citrus-infused finale. 90/2022+ 

The 2014 Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre has a floral bouquet with white petal scents infusing the citrus fruit. The palate is ripe and rounded on the entry, with peach skin and dried mango notes; the acidity is nicely judged and cuts through the waxy textured finish. This is a pithy style of Chablis, but it is well made and I can see it benefiting from another 12-24 months in bottle.
Drink 2017-2027.