The village was fine when I had it (end of March, end of April). The Séchets was also fine in end of April. I’ve got some Forêts, Montée de Tonnerre and Les Clos. I’ll check in on all 3 as soon as we’re back home in late May / early June.
I think that with the idea that we need to “check” three year old wines, we are getting a touch carried away… Age them for as long as you usually would, then see what you think. The wines showed well just after bottling, the vintage conditions were good, the fruit looked and tasted good… have a bit of faith. I would be more concerned about the natural cork closures, personally.
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Maybe. But i always check in on wines early in their life anyways. I haven’t checked in on those, only the Village and Séchets. So, in this case I’m not creating exceptional circumstances, I’m just putting them to the front of the line. You “check” wines prior to bottling so I think 3 years is also a good time to check 
. Obviously, I won’t empty the bottles down the drain if they exhibit an unwanted flavor profile but i sure won’t buy any more.
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Somewhere, maybe here, I heard that Michel is going to Diam - not sure if for all cuvées but I think so.
Looks like Diam 5 on Village and Petit Chablis and natural cork on 1er and Grand Crus (from the technical sheets). As you said, not sure if he’s going Diam on all cuvées in the future.
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Thank you WK.
I’ve tried both the MdT and Butteaux VV from L Michel in 2020 and neither exhibited anything I would call ‘green’. Its quite amazing that a note from T Theise about Champagne in 2020 would cause some bizarre rush to check in on specific Chablis bottlings.
I love Louis Michel. I buy the Montée de Tonnerre and Grenouilles almost every vintage, and add Butteaux Vieilles Vignes, Les Clos and Vaudésir in good vintages. I’ve only ordered two Montée de Tonnerre and Grenouilles from 2020. I think I’ll open one of each before deciding whether to buy anything else. Thanks for the early warning.
Bizarre, you say?
Thread drift around here is bizarre?
I thought this was all stream of consciousness/tumbling tumbleweed discussion.
My bad,
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We recently tried some of the 2020 champagne releases, and we did not notice any grassy or hay-like notes. Personally, I prefer the 2019 champagne due to its higher level of acidity/freshness, while the 2020 vintage tends to be richer. However, it is worth noting that the champagne we sampled was tasted close to the degorgement process and is still too young to make any definitive statements about its taste profile.
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