Gerard Tremblay Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir 2023 - 750ml

91pts Decanter

Smoky, flinty aromas with white flower notes. The palate has a creamy texture followed by lingering acidity and a powerful, long finish. *2024 Decanter World Wine Awards Silver Medal Winner!*

Winemaker Notes 

Aromas of smoke, pineapple, and cream on the nose. On the palate it is rich and warm, with bold flavors of golden pear, white flowers, and pine.

Winery Notes

Set between Preuses and Grenouilles, the Vaudésir climat is divided into two parts by the track called “le chemin des Vaudésirs”. It has a double orientation, as roughly half of its vines face due south, whilst the remainder face south-west.

Very steep in places, its soil type seems rather lighter than most, and contains less lime. This increasing “earthiness” tends to mark the wines, which can be drunk young if one is looking for crispness. The full structure of the wines will take several years to develop however, as with all the Grands Crus. Their extreme delicacy has given Vaudésir the reputation of being the most feminine of all the climats.

Gérard Tremblay and his wife, Hélène, oversee a domain that they inherited in a line of five generations, but which they have mostly built themselves. With 80 acres of vines under production, most of them in the best Premier Cru and Grand Cru appellations, their list of Chablis is among the most prestigious in the region. Tremblay is known locally as an accomplished wine maker. He is justly famous for his ability to draw out the typicity of distinct appellations, underlining the terroir of his vines vintage after vintage.