Domaine Passy Le Clou Petit Chablis 2023 FRFLSH The Hopewell Hills vineyard sits

The Hopewell Hills vineyard sits in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA on low-fractured basalt with medium-shallow soils - rocky

open it with friends

aged in modest new oak

and a reminder that dry Anjou Chenin is one of the best deals in white wine

but it’s also a real electric treat while young

Domaine Passy Le Clou Petit Chablis 2023 FRFLSH The Hopewell Hills vineyard sitsPetit Chablis is the appellation's freshest, most pour it cold expression, and Passy le Clou's version is a benchmark. The Descombes family farms two hectares for this cuve in a slightly cooler corner of Chablis, on Portlandian limestone (a touch younger and fruitier than the Kimmeridgian soils that produce the Grands and Premiers Crus). The vines are young, the wine is bottled bright and unforced, and the result is exactly what an apritif Chardonnay