The 2016 Chablis (Maison Louis Jadot) is defined by the vintage, bursting with exotic, musky aromas of honeyed peaches, apricots, barley sugar and spices. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, ample and fleshy with a generous core of fruit, surprisingly brisk acids and a saline finish. It's decidedly atypical—one could easily pin it as a Viré-Clessé in a blind tasting—but it's a well-made effort in one of the most challenging growing seasons of the decade. Of 30,000 cases, fully 3,500 were imported to the USA, so it's one of Jadot's more abundantly available cuvées.
