Michel/Louis Chablis 1er cru Butteaux Vieilles Vignes 2020

94 points Christy Canterbury, MW (TimAtkin.com): "Guillaume Gicqueau-Michel calls this parcel "extremely Kimmeridgian", and its resulting wine has a pleasantly gritty, chalky dryness. Flavors of fennel, green gages, seashore and cheese rind add intensity and complexity on the palate. The acidity grips the dense palate and drags the flavors into a solid finish. (2022)"

93 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux Vieilles Vignes will be bottled later than usual, as Michel was still waiting on the delivery of glass bottles when I visited—but extra time on the fine lees certainly won't do it any harm. Exhibiting aromas of pear, white flowers, freshly baked bread, confit citrus and iodine, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with terrific depth and tension. It's a close race between this and Michel's Vaulorent this year. Drink: 2025-2045. (7/21/22)"

90-93 points/'Outstanding,' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from 60+ year old vines). Gicqueau-Michel noted that this had been racked only 10 days before my visit and thus it's not surprising that the nose was largely dominated by reduction and sulfur nuances. More interesting are the sleek, intense and more concentrated if slightly less energetic flavors that flash a refreshing salinity on the very dry and balanced finale. This too possesses fine development potential. Drink: 2026+. (Oct 2021)"

91 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "Fine pale lemon yellow. A typical Montmains reductive character, with a suggestion of density behind. Some coconut features but the wood does not drown the fruit. Could use just a little more persistence at the finish. (May 2024)"

Bill Nanson (Burgundy Report): "(This will be bottled the same time as GCs so there’s a couple of months more elevage than the previous wine). Not a large nose but a finer nose than the previous – attractively wide. A noble reduction at the base and again the fluidity of a great wine. Like the Forets with a bit more incisive intensity – and that was already great! Bravo! (2/20/22)"