Grossot’s 2011 Chablis was not bottled until 14 months after its harvest but was his first bottling from that vintage. While its phenolic impact is a bit rustic and its firmness tends toward austerity, this is brightly, juicily citric and appropriately suffused with chalk and iodine as well as piquant peach pit. I would plan on serving it by 2015.
Jean-Pierre Grossot’s ninety-some-year-old domaine is currently acquiring organic certification, and it’s good to know that his youngest daughter, Eve, plans to carry on the family’s winegrowing legacy. I was surprised at how relatively soft was the profile of several Grossot 2012s, and given that must acidities were reported as high, I have to conclude that the share of malic was dominant, a phenomenon that might be related to the somewhat rustic phenolic profile I also noted. But overall the flavors are ripe enough and the sense of things mineral sufficiently pronounced that most of these wines are well worth Chablis-lovers’ attention.
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