The Story
Montee de Tonnerre sits right across the valley from the Grand Crus, and many drinkers consider it the most Grand Cru-like of all the Chablis 1ers. Cyril Gautheron, seventh-generation vigneron in the tiny village of Fleys, farms his old-school domaine with low yields and an emphasis on transparent terroir. Half the juice ferments in a 10HL cement egg with lees in constant motion; the other half in barrel. The result is intense and saline, with the kind of chiseled mineral cut that makes you understand why people get obsessed with this appellation.
Description
Montee de Tonnerre sits right across the valley from the Grand Crus, and many drinkers consider it the most Grand Cru-like of all the Chablis 1ers. Cyril Gautheron, seventh-generation vigneron in the tiny village of Fleys, farms his old-school domaine with low yields and an emphasis on transparent terroir. Half the juice ferments in a 10HL cement egg with lees in constant motion; the other half in barrel. The result is intense and saline, with the kind of chiseled mineral cut that makes you understand why people get obsessed with this appellation.
