2015 Chablis Saint Pierre

Despite the hailstorm and significant rainfall in the early morning hours of September 1, the grapes were very healthy and ripe in 2015--12% potential alcohol for the village wines and 12.2% to 12.5% for the crus--said Sébastien Dauvissat, who started picking on the 3rd and finished on the 9th. "Twelve percent potential alcohol in our grapes is exceptional," he told me, adding that he did not chaptalize or acidify the '15s and that the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations were all finished by the end of December.

Two thousand fourteen was a superb year at this estate, with modest crop levels by Chablis standards. In fact, Dauvissat described his average yield of 45 hectoliters per hectare as "more like the Côte d'Or." Dauvissat's 2014 crus had not yet been bottled in early June but I have broken my rule and published updated notes on these wines.