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Guy Robin, Chablis Grand Cru, “Valmur”

Burgundy, France 2020 (750mL)
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Guy Robin, Chablis Grand Cru, “Valmur”

The Robin family has deep roots in Chablis, as we have detailed in many previous offers. Namesake Guy Robin assembled most of the family’s holdings back in the 1960s, and these included significant stands of ‘pre-phylloxera’ vines—i.e., vineyards that were not destroyed during the phylloxera epidemic of the late-1800s. Although the phylloxera ‘louse’—an aphid that destroys the roots of vines—devastated the European wine industry (forcing vignerons to graft vines onto phylloxera-resistant American rootstocks), it spared pockets of vines here and there; amazingly, some 80% of Robin’s modern-day vines are on their “own,” pre-phylloxera rootstock. Guy Robin never re-planted them (as so many Chablisiennes did) to higher-yielding clones. Today his daughter, Marie-Ange Robin, is blessed with arguably the richest trove of old vines in the region. Since taking the reins of the family estate in the early 2000s, the Robin wines have skyrocketed in quality.

Robin’s 2020 “Valmur” is sourced from vines planted in the 1960s on the pure Kimmeridgian limestone of the slope. It was fermented with only indigenous yeasts in oak barrels, of which 10% were new, and aged just under a year in the same mix of barrels. In the glass, it is a glistening yellow-gold with hints of green at the rim, with powerful aromas of yellow apple, salted lemon, acacia blossom, fresh cream, white mushroom, and crushed stones.

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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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