2018 domaine christian moreau pere & fils, chablis grand cru, les clos
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Why We're Buying
Domaine Christian Moreau Père & Fils Les Clos is the perfect introduction to the elegance and salinity of Chablis wines. The chardonnay exudes a full-bodied style with crisp acidity and high-toned minerality. It offers exceptional quality at a reasonable price and appreciated 57.3 from 2017 to 2021.
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Wine Enthusiast
A certain restraint governs the chalky, nutty and smoky nature of this wine’s nose. Very slowly, a pure note of zesty lemon comes through, illuminating the entire wine. Chalky density, coolness and rich, buffered stoniness give texture and concentration, made distinct by lemon freshness. The wine already has harmony and poise that will only increase over the years. It is elegant and enduring. Drink 2025–2040. (AK)
Burghound.com
There is very good Chablis typicity to the overtly floral nose that offers up notes of mineral reduction, white peach and sea breeze that are trimmed in softly exotic nuances. The sleek, intense and delicious larger-scaled flavors possess fine underlying tension, all wrapped in a succulent, palate coating, dry, refined and powerful finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. This is a relatively fleshy rendition of Les Clos but no less attractive for it.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2018 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos is also showing well, exhibiting notions of orange rind, confit lemon and green apple, followed by a full-bodied, layered palate that's racier and chalkier than the fleshier, blockier Valmur. As I wrote last year, Fabien Moreau presides over this 11.5-hectare domaine—including fully six hectares of grand cru—that has been certified organic since 2010. The Chablis AOC is the only cuvee where the domaine's holdings are supplemented by some purchased grapes. Hand harvesting followed by fermentation and elevage on the lees in a mixture of stainless steel, used barrels and new barrels is the order of the day here, with some of the higher appellations seeing up to 10 new oak. Concentrated and keenly balanced, it's an impressive range; but for those who are averse to the flavors and aromas of new oak in Chablis—the present writer included—a few years' bottle age is essential to allow the wines to digest their wood component. The domaine's 2018s, tasted very early in their elevage, show promise. (WK)
Vinous
The 2018 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru has a delineated, complex bouquet of red apples, flint, sea spray and light walnut aromas, becoming a little smokier with aeration. The palate is fresh and vibrant on the entry. A precise rather than powerful Les Clos, maintaining exceptional detail through to the slightly candied, stem-ginger-tinged finish. Another excellent 2018 from Moreau. (NM)
Burghound
There is very good Chablis typicity to the overtly floral nose that offers up notes of mineral reduction, white peach and sea breeze that are trimmed in softly exotic nuances. The sleek, intense and delicious larger-scaled flavors possess fine underlying tension, all wrapped in a succulent, palate coating, dry, refined and powerful finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. This is a relatively fleshy rendition of Les Clos but no less attractive for it.