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Deep Cover Grand Cru Alert: Less Than 5 Cases. Will. Not. Last.
Burgundy expert Jamie Goode best profiles this precious Domaine - owned by Champagne Bollinger - and its hotshot winemaker: “Chanson was founded in 1750, and still occupies their original home, although they added a new gravity-fed winery in Savigny-lès-Beaune in 2010. They are a Bourgogne negociant doing things the right way. They were purchased by Bollinger in 1999. I visited with celebrated winemaker Jean-Pierre Confuron. ‘I don’t like the term negociant,’ he says because he believes they behave like a Domaine… ‘My job is to respect the originality of each territory,’ says Confuron… I was impressed by these wines.”
Preuses is one mighty GRAND CRU. There are just about a half dozen listings of ANY vintage of this out there starting at $100+ a pop. Les Preuses to be ‘précise’ lies sandwiched between other top Grand Crus Vaudésir & Bougros. Sorry for geeking out hard. But does it get better? Some 2019 Preuses are about $1,500 a bottle such as Raveneau, with exactly ZERO percent savings.
But for those in on the Wine Spies Deep Cover circuit? Take 40% OFF this 94-pointer knockout that goes down from the original $120 retail to a virtually guilt-free $75.
Buy with reckless abandon, till it’s gone..
94 Points – Wine Enthusiast
“Notes of toasted biscotti and orange blossom accent this opulently textured Chardonnay. The full-bodied, fleshy wine overflows with pear and yellow-apple flavors. Strikes of steel and chalky minerality lend freshness to the finish. This hedonistic Chablis is at peak now through 2030.”
What the Winery Says
2019 Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru
- Winemaker
- Jean-Pierre Confuron
- Varietal
- 100% Chardonnay
- Vintage
- 2019
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Appellation
- Chablis, Yonne, Burgundy, France
- Vineyard
- Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru
- Soils
- Limestone & chalk
- Aging
- 12 months
- Barrels
- 20% new Burgundian oak