TN: 2005 DeMoor Chablis

Jul 19, 2007 5 Replies
M

After an evening spent toiling in the backyard in muggy weather to get ready for fence installers and garage painters, Jean and I decided that a glass or two of a chilled white wine was in order to restore some sense of relaxation to the evening. So, with a perfunctory snack of assorted rice crackers, I opened the only chilled white in the house:


2005 DeMoor Chablis 'Bel Air et Clardy' color: fairly intense golden yellow nose: initially, stones and lemons, turning more minerally with time palate: initially rather tight, with a tart finish, but after half an hour's time it had fleshed out nicely with some green apple and mineral notes, medium body and crisp finish

This is a wine that'll benefit from some age and also pair nicely with fish of all sorts. Given the constraints of the evening, it was still a nice experience. This was my first encounter with this producer and I came away quite impressed.



Mark Lipton


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J

Mark a mate was down in Beaune a few weeks ago and brought me case of Chablis Alain Gautheron, Les Fourneaux 2005.

had a bottle last week, a real stunner, still unknit but a pale bright gold, steely nose and full fruit, long.

also tried Leflaive Rully 1cru 2005, again magic for a simple wine, so fat on the palate, almost unctous.

If the rest of my 2005's white burgs are like this then I am a happy man

JT, from a very wet UK, the weather is awful and this present storm has come up from France, I feel there will be hardly any decent wine produced in France in 2007.

The rain radar over champagne look awful and I suspect Emery Davies is getting clobbered as well

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E

Too right. Bloody cold, too.

What's the price range on the Gautheron? Their web site gives nothing away. Pretty sure I've tried at one of the Salons, though.

-E

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J

13 euros a bottle from the maker
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Thanks. Sounds like it might be worth a go.

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M

Hmmm... Another new name. Do let us know what you think of it, John. I confess to having been pretty much a one trick pony when it came to Chablis: René (and later Vincent) Dauvissat. And, while I still love their wines, their pricing here in the US leaves me in search of other producers. Fortunately, it appears that there's a bit of a renaissance occuring there. My short list of quality producers includes Picq, Brocard, Boudin, Lavantereux, Fevre and now DeMoor. If Gautheron pans out for you, I'll gladly add him to the list.

That's bad news on all fronts, John, except that my wine budget in '10 may be the better for it. :(

Mark Lipton

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