chablis

DOMAINE WILIAM FEVRE 'VAUDESIR,' GRAND CRU CHABLIS, 2005

this has an incredibly crisp nose with green apples, one can smell the flintiness. the mouth has high minerality and acidity, well balanced by the fruit.

absolutely no oak here; put this zip up against an over-oaked and flabby california chard and compare what shows its terroir and style.

this is in the $70 range; la chabliaienne has a number of excellent and representative wines in the price range of this blog. the point is that this is a GRAND CRU for $70, look at other high quality chardonnay based wines and make a real comparison.

of course, this was followed by a Premier Cru Mersault ($40) and a Grand Cru Corton Charlemagne ($80).