Domaine Louis Michel 2020 Grand Cru Vaudesir Chablis

The 2020 Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir is another success, bursting with sweet aromas of vine blossom, citrus fruits, wet stones and white flowers. Full-bodied, ample and seamless, it's bright and satiny, with a racy spine of acidity and a long, precise finish. Guillaume Michel presides over this important 22-hectare estate, which has long been the reference for tank-fermented and matured Chablis, a style that the Michel family did much to popularize in the 1980s. Intense and tensile wines are the calling card here, pure and unadorned in style and consistently high in quality. Indeed, I sometimes think that Louis Michel is the most underrated of Chablis's larger domaines. The 2020 vintage is a real success here and likely the domaine's best since 2017. Some cuvées will see a slightly longer than usual élevage due to glass shortages, but I suspect that will only enhance their quality. 94 pointsWine Advocate, July 2021