2021 Boudin ‘Fourchaume’ 1er Cru Chablis

One of Chablis’ top premier cru vineyards, ‘Fourchaume’ offers an intense vein of minerality underneath a plush coat of white and yellow fruits.
Aromas of fresh apricots, lemon oil, white blossoms, chalk dust. Medium-bodied yet lively; lemons, limes, sea salt. Hand-harvested. Pressed full cluster and fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled tanks. Aged also in tank (no barrel aging). Bottled unfined and unfiltered
Older vines and classic terroir: this is a concentrated, elegant Chablis with flavors of sea salt, crushed stones, candied lemons. Pure Chardonnay, fermented and aged only in stainless steel tank (no wood barrels).
Winemaker Francis Boudin is one of the last members of an old guard in Chablis, producers who refused to move with the technological times and “update” their methods of making Chablis. His practice of harvesting his older vines only by hand, aging his wines only in tank, and bottling his wines unfined and unfiltered—all rare in Chablis today—offers an unadulterated taste of Chardonnay from Chablis’ best chalk soils.