Francois Servin Chablis Les Clos
Built for the ages, stunning, with background notes of brioche, mineral, caramel, nuts and lemon. A big center leads to a tight, full, dry, mineral-driven finish. Needs time to show its best.
View wine...Francois makes wine because he loves to make wine. He uses old-world traditions and also benefits from modern technology. Francois feels that the winemaker is more important than the barrel maker. He says that making wine is an art, whereas so many people reduce it to a science. The Servin family traces its roots in Chablis all the way back to 1652. Read more...
Built for the ages, stunning, with background notes of brioche, mineral, caramel, nuts and lemon. A big center leads to a tight, full, dry, mineral-driven finish. Needs time to show its best.
View wine...Opulent, incredibly layered and structured for a wine that sees no oak whatsoever. Rich, with earthy citrus and exotic spice notes.
View wine...Serious, classic Grand Cru Chablis. Firm, big-structured, with lime zest and mineral in the nose, and big minerality in the mouth.
View wine...Wonderful texture, with layers of lime, slate, citrus and dough presenting across the palate. The wine gains weight in the mouth, finishing clean and long.
View wine...A bit more splashy in character, with bright tangerine, tropical and citrus fruit. Balanced acidity, light minerality, and nice length to the finish.
View wine...Muscular, with a firm streak of minerality underlying the lemon cream fruit. Quite crisp on the finish in its youth. Needs food to show its full character.
View wine...Wonderful balance, with bright floral, green apple and tropical fruit notes, backed up with crisp acidity and a nice streak of minerality. Textbook Chabis.
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