La Manufacture Chablis Champs du Puits 2023 NO20230927 A compelling blend of perfumed

A compelling blend of perfumed florals melting into richly textured blackberry

with a core of red berry fruit

with mild spice integration from the rye

where the vineyards sit higher and cooler and ripen later than the ones on the famous slope below

From organically farmed vines in Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara

La Manufacture Chablis Champs du Puits 2023 NO20230927 A compelling blend of perfumedMost village Chablis is a blend of whatever the cellar had that year. Champs du Puits is a single site, and the focus shows. Benjamin Laroche working outside his family's much larger operation ferments this mostly in stainless steel with a portion in old barrels, keeping the wine transparent without stripping it bare. What lands in the glass is lemon and key lime pulled tight over chalk, with the crackling acidity that makes Chablis the most