Domaine Soupe Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre 2021

Domaine Soupe Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre 

Region: Chablis, 

Burgundy, France

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 12.5%

right yellow in colour, this wine is elegant with pronounced aromas of citrus fruits accompanied by subtle hints of acacia blossom. On the palate, the wine is elegantly structured with a tightly coiled acidity carrying the pronounced flavours onto the lingering finish.

The fruit for the 1er Cru 'Montée de Tonnerre' comes from 2.75 hectares of 63 to 66-year-old vines. The parcels lie on west-facing slopes on Kimmeridgian, marne and limestone soils, which produce wines with a marked chalky character. The majority of the fruit for the 2021 vintage comes from lieu-dit 'Chapelot' - a plot renowned for producing especially rich and complex fruit. A proportion of fruit two lieux dits renowned for producing wines with great freshness ('Pied d’Aloup' and 'Côte de Bréchain') is blended in to balance this richness.

Domaine Soupé, run by brothers Frédéric and Jean-Michel Soupé, is a relatively new Chablis domaine that only recently started bottling. Although the domaine is new, the Soupé family have owned and farmed vineyards in Chablis for three generations. The brother's maternal grandfather was the 71st grower to join the ‘La Chablisienne’ cooperative winery founded in 1923. Frédéric and Jean-Michel left the cooperative in 2018 to create their first vintage as Domaine Soupé.