Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Chateau Grenouilles Chablis Grand Cru


One of the seven Grand Crus of Chablis is Les Grenouilles,  so named because apparently because of an abundance of frogs living nearby (grenouilles = frogs in French), as I blogged about Trittenheimer Apotheke. It turns out that this smallest of the Grand Crus of Chablis is close to the River Serein, where a large number of frogs live and which even get into the vines! Much of this Grand Cru is owned by the cooperative La Chablisienne, which makes a quarter of all the wines from Chablis. The wine above is one of the flagship wines of the cooperative.

This 2011 was a golden yellow colour with a crisp minerally lemony nose. The palate was rich fruity with a touch of lemon citrus character, well supported by a backbone with good acid and a touch of astringency. Nice!


BTW, the following web page had all this info and more about Les Grenouilles:
http://vindeling.com/2013/09/19/how-well-do-you-know-chablis-grenouilles-grand-cru/

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