Chablis les venerables vieilles vignes 2021 (La Chablisienne)

Drink it now or cellar for up to 20 years. It is recommended to decant it for half an hour. This wine comes from the top wine co-op in France, La Chablisienne,founded back in the 1920s in Burgundy, under the guidance of Abbé Balitrand.

By now, they have grown to nearly 300 members across just over 1200 hectares.To ensure the maximum expression of the different parcels, each winemaker can maintain control over the entire winemaking phase, while the cooperative intervenes to complete the aging process and refining and takes care of marketing and commercialization.

For this fancy Chardonnay, they're picking grapes from vines that are 40 years old and planted on the typical Chablis amazing soil – Kimmeridge limestone with more marine fossils which makes the wines complex, mineral, and rich.

When you pour this golden-hued wine into the glass, your nose will catch whiffs of green apples, herbs, a touch of flint, and then some white flowers in the background. There's even a hint of spice.

Take a sip and you will find it's got substance: it's rich and structured, but there's a freshness to it that makes it well-balanced. It has got an underlying minerality and it's elegant and deep.

Have it with white meats, or grilled sea bream, or enjoy it as an elegant aperitif with fancy seafood appetizers.