Jean-Marc Brocard, Sainte Claire, Chablis 2023

The Jean-Marc Brocard Sainte Claire Chablis comes from 30-year-old vines with south-facing exposures in the Village of Préhy. Soils are Kimmeridgian with alternate layers of limestone and marls containing fossilized marine bodies, and the vines are farmed biodynamically. After harvest, the wine is pressed and fermented using native yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine is then aged in tank for 9 months and malolactic fermentation is completed at this time.

Notes of lemon oils and mango skin, as well as a bit of minty herbaceousness. On the palate, there are flavors of honey, tropical fruits just barely ripened, as well as a finish of bracing acidity.