2022 Chablis Les 8, Domaine Louis Moreau

Tasting note

Generous and supple, Les 8 offers lots of minerals, yellow plums and touches of spice on the nose, leading to a palate full of delicious minerality, slate and limestome character, with a generous texture. A classic Chablis.

Our thoughts

The grapes for this wine come from a plot that sixth-generation winemaker Louis Moreau felt was so good, it merited its own wine. Though not a recognised cru, and thus unnamed, Louis is adamant it produces premier-cru quality, and christened it ‘Les 8’ since it measures eight ‘arpents’ in size (an arpent being an old French unit of land, equivalent to around an acre, or a third of a hectare). As a result, he vinifies it as he would his premiers crus, ageing it on its lees for longer than a village wine, and thereby imbuing it with added weight and texture.