La Manufacture Chablis Champs du Puits 2023 NO20230927 argilo-calcareous soils in southern Burgundy

argilo-calcareous soils in southern Burgundy

with a core of red berry fruit

where the vineyards sit higher and cooler and ripen later than the ones on the famous slope below

both planted in 1986

For anyone who loves the northern Rhone

La Manufacture Chablis Champs du Puits 2023 NO20230927 argilo-calcareous soils in southern BurgundyMost village Chablis is a blend of whatever the cellar had that year. Champs du Puits is a single site, and the focus shows. Benjamin Laroche working outside his family's much larger operation ferments this mostly in stainless steel with a portion in old barrels, keeping the wine transparent without stripping it bare. What lands in the glass is lemon and key lime pulled tight over chalk, with the crackling acidity that makes Chablis the most