2018 CHABLIS 1ER CRU FOURCHAUME PINSON FRÈRES - 12x75cl

Tasting Notes

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  Goedhuis, December 2019

  A favourite amongst Chablis lovers, this cuvée has rich, hedonistic fruit flavours and uplifting brightness. With a hint of acacia honey and pineapple, Pinson’s 2018 is a supreme example of this premier cru and shows striking volume. Clotted cream undertones are lifted by flavours of grapefruit zest and blossom.

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  Antonio Galloni, January 2020,
  Score: 91-93

  The 2018 Chablis Fourchaume 1er Cru is bold and creamy in the glass, with striking textural richness. This is the only wine in the range done entirely in steel, and it is easy to see why, as the Fourchaume has so much natural intensity on its own. Dried flowers, mint and lemon confit are some of the notes that infuse the rich, sumptuous finish. The Fourchaume is a wine of real power and intensity. It is also wonderfully alluring.

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  Burghound, October 2019,
  Score: 89-92

  There is a touch of residual malolactic masking the nose at present but otherwise there is good freshness, volume and focus to the slightly finer though still relatively robust flavors that display fine length if perhaps not quite the same depth. Still, given that this is still sorting itself out, that may well change. Drink: 2025+

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Producer

Domaine Pinson Freres

The Pinson name is one of the most established in the town of Chablis; the family can trace its history there back to the 1640s. It is now run by brothers Christophe and Laurent, joined by Laurent’s daughter, Charlène. The family team oversee some of the finest parcels of old vines in the region from which they make extraordinarily fine and classical Chablis. They like to use oak barrels for maturation, although the influence of new oak is only ever a gentle whisper in the background of their steely wines. Their wines consistently show the raciness and elegance of fine Chablis.