Are people excited about this vintage? I actually am. It’s been a few years since we’ve had a classic vintage. Many of the reviews I’ve red have notes like petrol which is an attribute I’m not used to seeing in Chablis. Already picked up 3 things which will arrive later this year
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Not terribly excited. Yields were decimated. For a “classic” vintage maybe look to 2021?
Don’t know, but I have had a couple of 23s lately that have floated my boat and seem to have more natural acidity than many recent vintages.
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+1.
IMO while 2014 is the best recent vintage, 2013 and 2021 offer the fresh, savory salinity that makes Chablis so wonderful and distinctive
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Im not getting the relevance of low yields. That’s a producer and availability issue. Im speaking about equality. And while ive yet yo taste descriptively they sound right up my alley
Love 2014!
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Decimated yields* from frost, hail, and extreme mildew pressure via excessive rain. Quality producers such as Louis Michel and William Fevre both lost 70% and 80% of their production respectively. During my visit to Chablis last spring nobody was “excited” about the 2024 vintage. Seems like the term “classical” vintage is slapped on nowadays to any poor “wet and cool” vintage. While I’ll buy what I can of the 24s to support my favorite producers I am not “excited” overall for the vintage. 2021 and 2014 were both mentioned previously in this thread I would also suggest 2017.
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Chablis has really neat terroir . Definitely worth the visit if you are driving between Paris and Beaune.
Just picked up two more bottles. this time vaulorent. Everyone I follow from Kelly to Meadows to Jasper seems very positive on this vintage and describes it as having traits I like
Ok, not Chablis, but I had really positive experiences with Paul Pernot’s 2024 wines (specifically Batard, Folatieres, and village Puligny). Also enjoyed a St. Aubin En Remilly from Sylvain Langoureau. All of them had sparkling acidity, yet sufficient ripeness and fruit on the palate.
Yes, 2024 had intense mildew pressure, rains, and an extremely short harvest. Extremely assiduous selection of fruit was probably necessary. But, how is that different from 2021, which had similar weather conditions and mildew pressures? And plenty of those wines turned out well from conscientious producers (and it was easier to retain acidity, which is the great challenge in our current run of solar vintages).
If you prefer extreme, lean, and classically structured wines, 2021 is generally considered a more consistently high-quality, though very light, vintage. If you appreciate a “classic,” saline, and charming style, 2024 is promising, but will be less consistent across producers than 2021.
Im in the latter camp.. Fortunately i subsribe to some good review sites
not sure why i didn’t expect this but prices seem to be rising. Guess retailers priced low unsure how the market would react to the vintage. Small crop probably helps support the price
Wound up buying a fair amount of Fevre including village, vaulorent, vaudesir, montmains and bougros