Samuel Billaud 'Mont de Mileu' 2021
Chablis 1er Cru
Burgundy, France
Regular price£635.47
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Arriving: Late July 2025
| Style: White | Packaging: |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2025 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2038 |
| Grapes: 100% Chardonnay | |
Critic scores
92+ RP, 91 NM, 92 AM, 17.5 JR, 93-95 JM, 92+ GM
Critic reviews
"Cropped at a meager 15 hectoliters per hectare, the 2021 Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu delivers aromas of sweet citrus oil, white flowers and oyster shells, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless palate with good concentration and an electric spine of acidity."
William Kelley, September 2023, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Chablis Mont de Milieu 1er Cru was bottled the previous May. It is still obdurate and backward on the nose with touches of yellow fruit and a hint of white peach. The palate is taut and fresh, very saline, but perhaps it doesn't quite deliver the knockout finish I expected from barrel, hence my slightly lower score. Still a serious Chablis, though."
Neal Martin, July 2023, Vinous.com
"As is often the case with Mont de Milieu there is a suggestion of the exotic lurking in the background of the naturally spicy aromas of tidal pool, citrus confit and shellfish. There is outstanding density and volume to the powerful middleweight plus flavors that brim with dry extract that also serves to buffer the firm acid spine shaping the stony, highly complex and bitter lemon-suffused finish. This is also impressive and like rolling tiny rocks around in the mouth!"
Allen Meadows, August 2023, Burghound.com
"Made from the usual three sectors, at a yield of 15-20 hl/ha, with 20% barrel. A slightly paler colour with discreet bouquet. Excellent tension, a pure white apple and fresh pear fruit, really precise here while maintaining complexity, really very persistent. Beautifully mineral finish, really very fine."
Jasper Morris, June 2022, InsideBurgundy.com
William Kelley, September 2023, RobertParker.com
"The 2021 Chablis Mont de Milieu 1er Cru was bottled the previous May. It is still obdurate and backward on the nose with touches of yellow fruit and a hint of white peach. The palate is taut and fresh, very saline, but perhaps it doesn't quite deliver the knockout finish I expected from barrel, hence my slightly lower score. Still a serious Chablis, though."
Neal Martin, July 2023, Vinous.com
"As is often the case with Mont de Milieu there is a suggestion of the exotic lurking in the background of the naturally spicy aromas of tidal pool, citrus confit and shellfish. There is outstanding density and volume to the powerful middleweight plus flavors that brim with dry extract that also serves to buffer the firm acid spine shaping the stony, highly complex and bitter lemon-suffused finish. This is also impressive and like rolling tiny rocks around in the mouth!"
Allen Meadows, August 2023, Burghound.com
"Made from the usual three sectors, at a yield of 15-20 hl/ha, with 20% barrel. A slightly paler colour with discreet bouquet. Excellent tension, a pure white apple and fresh pear fruit, really precise here while maintaining complexity, really very persistent. Beautifully mineral finish, really very fine."
Jasper Morris, June 2022, InsideBurgundy.com
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