Tremblay shout out

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Last night had the 2019 Village VV. Just damn good, zero wood, zero reduction, great from opening and just kept getting better. Tons of Chablis elements in a complex yet glou glou package.

Tremblay is a great producer who doesn't get enough love IMO.

I did a two week bike tour in 2012 through NW Scotland and the Outer Hebrides. Ate fabulous seafood everywhere. Pretty much every decent spot had the Tremblay village Chablis (not VV) on their list, and that was it for decent whites. I drank at least a case of it over the tour. I pretty much could just tell I was following the same route the distributor had taken (although I did enjoy a couple different vintages). I never got sick of it. So Tremblay holds a special place for me...
 
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i've always been pleased with tremblay, but in the same price range find louis michel, servin, picq, and defaix to rise above.
 
Not unlike some others here, I have been known to visit another wine board or two. On a recent such visit the question of what you have the most of in your cellar was asked (as it is at least once a year . . .).
This time I took the time to count.
Not including my own wine, over 50% Chablis. That surprised me but then I really don’t keep track anymore so I deserved it.
‘Made me smile, though.

Mostly Louis Michel but a few bottles of Tremblay mixed in, too. Nice wines.
Best, jim
 
originally posted by Florida Jim: what you have the most of in your cellar was asked...over 50% Chablis. That surprised me
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Jim, that does W-A-Y more than "surprise" me. I find it totally shocking. I'm not sure what responses I might have expected, but Chablis probably would not have even made my list.

Certainly would not be the case in my own inventory. (A pigmentally-challeged wine...sheesh!) (But I DO like Chablis, including the ones you cited.)

. . . . . . . Pete
 
I own nothing but Chablis, no Côte de Beaune chardonnay. 105 bottles with 12 bottles of '17 Duplessis 1er cru and 3 Chablis AOC on order.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
I own nothing but Chablis, no Côte de Beaune chardonnay. 105 bottles with 12 bottles of '17 Duplessis 1er cru and 3 Chablis AOC on order.
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I knew I liked you.
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by Larry Stein:
I own nothing but Chablis, no Côte de Beaune chardonnay. 105 bottles with 12 bottles of '17 Duplessis 1er cru and 3 Chablis AOC on order.
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I knew I liked you.
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I've never met Larry, but he came highly recommended by one Joe D. Also, it appears he has a superior taste in Chablis. I dropped by the grands jours Chablis in 2014, and tasted over 100 producers according to my notes. Everyone I could think of, with the notable exceptions of Tribut, Dauvissat, and Raveneau, were there. Duplessis wines weren't just the best of the show; they were in another category. It was one of those "hey, someone just turned the lights on in the room" moments. 2012 clos was kind of ridiculous.
 
I found out about Duplessis via Selection Massale. When I visited Chablis in 2014, SM arranged a visit at the domaine. Lilian drove my friend and I to the top of Vaillons to see the lay of the land. My friend has a 1/2 acre (.2 hectare) hobby vineyard at his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains, all Pinot Noir. They talked about vineyard management.

I pretty much loaded up on 2009-14. I'm working my way through 11s. Not touching 2010s. Even the 09s I've had recently had plenty of acidity. 2017 will most likely be the last vintage I go big on. Actuarial tables. The other main US wholesaler, Hand Picked Selections, just offered 17s at a very fair price. Unfortunately, no Clos. All the 1er cru except Vaugiraut.
 
originally posted by Larry Stein:
I found out about Duplessis via Selection Massale. When I visited Chablis in 2014, SM arranged a visit at the domaine. Lilian drove my friend and I to the top of Vaillons to see the lay of the land. My friend has a 1/2 acre (.2 hectare) hobby vineyard at his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains, all Pinot Noir. They talked about vineyard management.

I pretty much loaded up on 2009-14. I'm working my way through 11s. Not touching 2010s. Even the 09s I've had recently had plenty of acidity. 2017 will most likely be the last vintage I go big on. Actuarial tables. The other main US wholesaler, Hand Picked Selections, just offered 17s at a very fair price. Unfortunately, no Clos. All the 1er cru except Vaugiraut.
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The Hand Picked Selections offer came at an opportune time. But I limited myself to two each of the “M” Premier Crus.
 
OK, since we have at least a couple of Chablis cellar brainiacs talking, I'll ask a question I've asked before:

Is premox still a thing in Chablis? Safe to cellar? I haven't cellared for this reason.
 
Fevre was the poster child for Chablis premox. However, it doesn't appear to be an issue any longer once they went to DIAM stoppers. That happened in 2010 for Grand Cru and 2007(8?) for Premier Cru.

I haven't seen any premox in Duplessis, Dauvissat or Raveneau bottles I've tasted. I don't taste wines from the latter two properties that often, but what I have tried in the past few years have all been 10-20 years old.

I can't speak for other producers.
 
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