Domaine Pinson Chablis 1er & Grand Cru 2023s

Domaine Pinson Frères, Chablis

The Pinson family has produced wine in Chablis since 1640.  Today, the 14 hectare domaine is run by Charlène Pinson and her father, Laurent. The estate’s plots on the left bank of the Serein River have Kimmeridgian soils rich in marine calcium and marl. On the right bank, soils are rich in calcium but with more clay, favouring a slightly richer style of wine. No weedkillers or insecticides are used, and yields are low.  They continue to make classically-styled, mineral and textured wines.

2023 Domaine Pinson Freres Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu
• 92(Outstanding)BH, 93JM

"Here too there is a mild whiff of exotic character to the aromas of citrus confit, passion fruit, spice and moderate Chablis typicity. There is fine volume to the more concentrated broad-shouldered flavors that display evident power on the saline-inflected, balanced and nicely dry finale. This possesses fine development potential and is a wine to consider." - Allen Meadows

"All bottled in January 2025 including the VCI element. Pale in colour, the bouquet bolstered rather than swamped by the oaking. There is a deliciously rich yet still not exotic mid palate. This is very Right Bank in style. Extremely youthful and retaining the key kimmeridgian core of the terroir." - Jasper Morris

2023 Domaine Pinson Freres Chablis 1er Cru Montmains
• 91(Outstanding)BH, 92JM

"Notes of mineral reduction, lemongrass, orange peel and a floral nuance are complemented by caressing and seductively textured medium weight flavors that possess a lovely sense of underlying tension on the clean and dry finale. This is certainly pretty and much like the Vaillons, a Montmains of finesse." - Allen Meadows

"A little fuller in colour than Foret. The bouquet is more backward with a little tension on the nose and less suggestion of flesh. Equally lively on the palate, with a mix of lemon and stony white fruit, fair length, and a touch of bacon fat to finish." - Jasper Morris

2023 Domaine Pinson Freres Chablis 1er Cru Vaugiraut
• 92(Outstanding)BH, 91JM

"A slightly riper but still attractively fresh nose displays hints of the exotic in the form of melon, passion fruit and saltwater trimmed in just enough wood to remark upon. There is a bit more volume to the delicious and succulent middle weight flavors that possess reasonably good detail on the dry, clean and balanced finish that is at once borderline tannic and rustic. This is seductive yet powerful and a wine that should drink well young but have no problem aging over the mid-term. Worth checking out." - Allen Meadows

"Mid lemon yellow. The nose shows the oak just a little more. White fruit with adequate acidity behind, just a light salt lick on my lips. Started quietly but building nicely, with an iodine finish." - Jasper Morris

2023 Domaine Pinson Freres Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
• 93BH, 94JM

"A subtle but still easily perceptible application of wood easily allows the pretty floral and white orchard fruit aromas liberally laced with oyster shell and iodine nuances to be appreciated. The rich, full-bodied and markedly mineral-driven flavors brim with sappy dry extract while exuding a bracing salinity on the youthfully austere, lemony and sneaky long finale. Like all good examples of Les Clos, this is going to need time in bottle though 8 to 10 years should be sufficient." - Allen Meadows

"Mid lemon yellow. A full and gracious bouquet, comes across as more regal than the Preuses. Very complete on the palate, orchard fruit with energy and the right sort of mineral acidity. A fine classy Clos with a particularly persistent finish." - Jasper Morris

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2022 Domaine Pinson Freres Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos Cuvee Authentique
• 94BH

"Moderate wood presently fights somewhat with the aromas of Granny Smith apple, citrus confit, wet stone and oyster shell. The gorgeously textured larger-scaled flavors brim with both minerality and sappy dry extract on the powerful, palate staining and linear finish that displays outstanding length. This is an excellent Les Clos and one that is built to age." - Allen Meadows

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