Christian Moreau Chablis New Releases
I have said it before but it bears repeating: the quality
here is so good that Chablis now has, along with Domaine William Fèvre, another
leading light to add to the region's traditional stars of Raveneau and
Dauvissat. BURGHOUND, 2010
The Moreau family started harvesting on September 19 in 2009,
with plenty of potential alcohol in the grapes. "We had perfect ripening
conditions and very little disease pressure," noted Fabien Moreau. "A great
August and a good September gave us a lot of natural maturity. Still, even
though we waited to pick in 2009, we had good acidity levels: better than in
2006, more like 2005. In sum, 2009 is a pleasant surprise." Incidentally, as at
Louis Michel, 2008 was the first vintage here that was vinified entirely with
wild yeasts. "We like the much longer fermentations," said Fabien. "Now they
take seven to ten days to start and then build slowly." STEPHEN
TANZER