Pierrick Laroche Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy 2022

Located opposite the famed 1er cru Fourchaume, Beauroy has a more varied exposition with the parcel that Pierrick works being located in the favoured lieu-dit of Cote de Savant, above the small lake beside the village of Biene, which enjoys a cooler south-east exposure. Vinified in stainless steel with 25% matured in older oak barrels. This cuvee always shows well when young with lovely finesse and detail with excellent balance and freshness. We can never get enough of this excellent 1er cru Chablis.

Bought in must, again with 50% barrel elevage with a majority of 600-litre barrels. Not a large nose but an attractively perfumed one. Clean, incisive flavour – that’s so good! The barrel very modestly in the background. Fine finishing waves of flavour – what a delicious wine and certainly a small step up again from the Chatillons! Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report, January 2024.