2011 Billaud Simon Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots VV

Here too the wood treatment is quite subtle as it allows the algae, lemon rind and perfumed floral aromas to shine. The dense, powerful and very serious big-bodied flavors ooze a fine dry extract along with an almost pungent minerality before culminating in a hugely long and bone dry finish. This intensely mineral-driven effort should be one of the longer lived 2011s. Burghound 92-95