Domaine Passy Le Clou Petit Chablis 2023 Lanson Rose Champagne kabosu (a high-acid citrus fruit)

kabosu (a high-acid citrus fruit)

barely any sulfur

The fruit is there

in Alto Piemonte

Native fermentation with 12 days on skins and 17 months in barrel creates textural richness and complexity rarely found in this varietal

Domaine Passy Le Clou Petit Chablis 2023 Lanson Rose Champagne kabosu (a high-acid citrus fruit)Petit Chablis is the appellation's freshest, most pour it cold expression, and Passy le Clou's version is a benchmark. The Descombes family farms two hectares for this cuve in a slightly cooler corner of Chablis, on Portlandian limestone (a touch younger and fruitier than the Kimmeridgian soils that produce the Grands and Premiers Crus). The vines are young, the wine is bottled bright and unforced, and the result is exactly what an apritif Chardonnay