Dave McIntyre's WineLine: Chablis: The Ultimate in Unoaked Chardonnay

August 25, 2010

Chablis: The Ultimate in Unoaked Chardonnay

I consider myself part of the Anything But Chardonnay crowd - at least, until I taste one I really love. Lately I've tasted several from Chablis that make me think of converting to the Chardonnay side of the aisle. These are traditional, unoaked Chablis. I know, some of the rarest and most famous wines from this region are lavishly oaked. As one distributor quipped, "I prefer unoaked Chablis, but I'll never turn down a bottle of Raveneau."

Here's my take on Chablis, in today's Washington Post.

Cheers!

Aug 25, 2010 12:08:00 AM | Burgundy, France, Washington Post, Wine

1 Comment

Nice article. You focus a lot on oaked versus unoaked Chardonnay. But there is also the issue of malolactic fermentation or not. Maybe you can cover this in one of your future articles.

Posted by: Christian G.E. Schiller | August 25, 2010 at 11:06 AM

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