TN: 2018 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

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  • 2018 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre - France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru (6/1/2026)
    After opening one bottle and finding it notably oxidized I decided to immediately go back to the well. Glad I did. This second bottle was fresh, citrus fruity, lightly stony, and 100% recognizably Chablis, if from a warm vintage. Adequate acidity kept it from tipping towards Meursault, and there was a distinct chalky/stony finish that said Chablis. Happy to have this, and hopeful my remaining bottles are light yellow, rather than oxidized orange.
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Hope that along with you, David. I’ve been lucky with my Louis Michel and no oxidated bottles. It is a definite value-for-money house for me.

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David, I’ve had a few that were on the road to premox. I believe also 18’s. I’m curious, natural cork or Diam?

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Natural

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While I’ve found some vintages certainly age faster than others or at least mature in a way that makes me drink them faster, I’ve never had one that was near anything I would call “pre-mox”. Hope fully I’m not jinxing myself.