2013 Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru

Like every estate, in 2013 Servin had to deal with a vintage in which acidities moved from too high to potentially too low within a very short time frame. Yields were down dramatically, about 40% across the board, although some sites, Montée de Tonnerre in particular, were hit even harder. According to Mark Cameron, Servin's estate manager, one of the keys of dealing with the vintage was taking only the best parts of the press, where the juice was the clearest, and discarding more of the lower parts of the tanks. Cameron adds that in his opinion, the left bank was more consistent than the right bank, where over ripeness was an issue in. My impression is that the 2013s at Servin are built for near and medium term drinking. The 2012s have pretty much confirmed my very positive impressions from last year.