Samuel Billaud 'Montee de Tonnerre' 2022
Chablis 1er Cru
Burgundy, France
Regular price£375.50
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Arriving: July 2026
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| Style: White | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2025 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2035 |
| Grapes: 100% Chardonnay | |
Critic scores
92 NM, 92 AM, 17+ JR, 92-96 JM, 93 DC, 93 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2022 Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru has quite a fragrant, floral bouquet with yellow fruit and just a hint of orange blossom in the background. Very pretty. The palate is taut and fresh with a fine bead of acidity, though it lacks a bit of bandwidth and feels rather conservative on the finish. It does improve and gain more texture and tactile sensation with aeration, so perhaps give it a few more months in bottle. Bottled under Diam 30. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting."
Neal Martin, June 2026, Vinous.com
"An elegant, pure and beautifully airy nose presents ripe but wonderfully fresh aromas of mineral reduction, acacia blossom and oyster shell trimmed in enough wood to merit mentioning. The racy and borderline painfully intense middleweight flavors exude a bracing minerality that adds a sense of lift to the detailed, focused and lingering finale that is neither especially dry nor austere. Other than a trace of backend warmth, this is a classic MdT though one that could use better depth, so a few years of patience will be necessary."
Allen Meadows, October 2024, Burghound.com
"Compared with the 2023, the key here is greater power and less openness. Less aromatic. A touch of spice and a depth that is more savoury than the 2023. Both deep and stony. Tightly wound on the finish. Long, salty finish."
Julia Harding, July 2024, JancisRobinson.com
"From vines planted in 1971 and 1976. The same pale clear colour. The nose is chiselled and backward. With a minute or two in the glass, the opulence starts to show. There is an awful lot of wine in this glass but it remains really tightly wound. Magical structure, and exceptional length. This is going to make a great Montee de Tonnerre with lasting abilities. Fresh white pears, nothing too rich nor sunny. The finish just will not stop! Yet the wine is both refreshing and complex at the same time."
Jasper Morris, December 2023, InsideBurgundy.com
Neal Martin, June 2026, Vinous.com
"An elegant, pure and beautifully airy nose presents ripe but wonderfully fresh aromas of mineral reduction, acacia blossom and oyster shell trimmed in enough wood to merit mentioning. The racy and borderline painfully intense middleweight flavors exude a bracing minerality that adds a sense of lift to the detailed, focused and lingering finale that is neither especially dry nor austere. Other than a trace of backend warmth, this is a classic MdT though one that could use better depth, so a few years of patience will be necessary."
Allen Meadows, October 2024, Burghound.com
"Compared with the 2023, the key here is greater power and less openness. Less aromatic. A touch of spice and a depth that is more savoury than the 2023. Both deep and stony. Tightly wound on the finish. Long, salty finish."
Julia Harding, July 2024, JancisRobinson.com
"From vines planted in 1971 and 1976. The same pale clear colour. The nose is chiselled and backward. With a minute or two in the glass, the opulence starts to show. There is an awful lot of wine in this glass but it remains really tightly wound. Magical structure, and exceptional length. This is going to make a great Montee de Tonnerre with lasting abilities. Fresh white pears, nothing too rich nor sunny. The finish just will not stop! Yet the wine is both refreshing and complex at the same time."
Jasper Morris, December 2023, InsideBurgundy.com