Domaine Laroche 'Les Bouguerots' Chablis Grand Cru 2022

Domaine Laroche 'Les Bouguerots' Chablis Grand Cru 2022 pours a brilliant pale straw-gold with shimmering white gold highlights. Sourced from a highly prized, steeply sloped parcel within the Bougros Grand Cru hillside where the Serein river passes, this wine opens with a tightly coiled but aristocratic bouquet. Initial reductive flintiness aerates beautifully to reveal complex layers of crisp green apple, Asian pear, Bosc pear, white roses, and jasmine blossom. On the palate, this grand cru delivers immense energy and concentration, balancing an deep, texturally rich mouthfeel with a piercing, chiseled natural acidity. A persistent mineral frame of wet river stones, crushed oyster shells, and sea brine dominates the core, driving into a remarkably precise, long, and intensely saline finish.

Food Pairing: Pairs magnificently with fresh oysters, butter-poached lobster tails, pan-seared sea scallops, or classic roasted chicken breast drizzled with a rich chanterelle mushroom reduction sauce.

94 Points - Wine Spectator

There's fine clarity to this steely white, with a mineral underpinning. Offers a mix of stony austerity and easygoing orchard fruit flavors, gathering intensity from beginning to end, with an aftertaste of lemon, vanilla and stone accents. Best from 2026 through 2037.

94 Points - Wine Enthusiast