Domaine Moreau-Naudet Chablis 1er Cru Forêts 2019

Forêts is a climat within the Montmains group of premiers crus, on the left bank of the Serein.

The left bank faces south-east towards the grands crus, and Forêts, sometimes labelled Les Forêts, lies at the upper end of the Montmains slope where topsoil is thin and Kimmeridgian limestone close to the surface, so the wines tend to be finer and more mineral than those from warmer right-bank sites. Domaine Moreau-Naudet dates from 1950 and the marriage of Marie Naudet and René Moreau. Stéphane Moreau took over from his father Roger in 1993 and grew it to more than twenty hectares; after his death in 2016 his widow Virginie has carried on with the cellar team, holding to the approach he set. The vineyards are farmed organically and ploughed several times a year, yields are kept low and picking is by hand and late, and the wines ferment with indigenous yeasts and sit a long time on their lees. The premiers crus are given eighteen to twenty-two months on lees, with roughly thirty per cent raised in barrel, steamed rather than toasted and rarely new.

Drinking well after a year or two and holding for eight. Serve at 10-12°C with oysters, scallops or a young goat's cheese.

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