Professional Reviews
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John Gilman
95
The les Preuses bottling from Samuel Billaud hails from a parcel of seventy year-old vines. Part of the cuvée is barrel-fermented in older casks, the rest in stainless steel, and then everything is blended and raised for one year in three year-old, four hundred and fifty demimuids prior to bottling. The 2018 les Preuses delivers beautiful aromatic purity in its constellation of pear, apple, beeswax, a complex base of limestone minerality, white lilies and a touch of vanillin oak in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and racy, with a rock solid core of fruit, great mineral drive, lovely precision and cut and a long, complex
and vibrant finish. This is still a young example of Preuses, but it is already delicious and this wine will face a serious threat of infanticide in most cellars, as it is going to be awfully difficult to keep one’s hands off of bottles! Still, I would try to give it at least a few years in the cellar and really let it stretch its wings! 2024-2060.
(09/2020)
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Vinous
94
The 2018 Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru, which comes from 60-year-old vines and spends 18 months on the fine lees, has a vibrant, energetic nose, presenting flint and smoke at first, then subtle dried white flowers soon after, but maintaining a sense of classicism at all times. The palate is very well balanced with peach and nectarine notes on the entry, razor-sharp acidity effortlessly counterbalancing the richness of this Les Preuses. It keeps its foot on the accelerator right to the end. An outstanding Les Preuses from Samuel Billaud. (NM)
(09/2020)
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
93
Wafting from the glass with inviting aromas of orange oil, citrus blossom and nutmeg, the 2018 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses is full-bodied, satiny and sensuous, with an enveloping core of fruit, racy acids and a long, mineral finish. This is another beautiful wine from Samuel Billaud, and it's already quite demonstrative. (WK)
(06/2020)
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