Raveneau, Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons, 2023 120725NRHONE terroir-expressive Champagnes

terroir-expressive Champagnes

Château Poujeaux Moulis-en-Médoc 2016 comes from the gravelly limestone soils of Grand Poujeaux

Best with long-braised meats

The result is precise and structured

it’s rich and unctuous yet lifted

Raveneau, Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons, 2023 120725NRHONE terroir-expressive ChampagnesVaillons, Raveneau's most graceful Premier Cru, arrives from the western bank of the Serein river where limestone marls and cool exposure create wines of almost ethereal delicacy. Unlike the mineral driven intensity of Raveneau's other 1er Crus, Vaillons expresses itself through a veil of white flowers and bright citrusfloral purity that seems to float above the wine's underlying bedrock of Kimmeridgian limestone. From vines planted three decades ago,