Chablis 1er Mont de Milieu, 2024

Chablis with some flesh on it: rounder and more perfumed than the lean, steely bottle people expect, from a grower who started with half a hectare in 1999.

Sebastien Christophe started with half a hectare of his grandfather's vines in 1999 and now farms some 30 hectares on the Grand Cru side of Chablis. His Mont de Milieu faces south on old seabed limestone and clay. It is more perfumed and softer-edged than lean Chablis, with flowers, tangerine and fresh herbs over a salty, shell-like edge, a gently creamy feel and a long finish. It comes from the small, hard-won 2024 harvest.