2012 Chablis Terroirs de Courgis
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The 2012 Chablis Terroir de Courgis is the only vintage that really challenges Piuze's 2014, displaying a classy bouquet of green apple, tart pear, white flowers and subtle honeycomb. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with the most evident extract of any vintage in the range, balanced by tangy acids. Somewhat firmer and more structured than the 2014, it may prove longer lived. Piuze comments that the two vintages are similar on an analytical level but that the grapes' skins were riper in 2012.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2012 Chablis Terroir de Courgis is round, succulent and deeply expressive. Dried pear, spice, licorice and sage meld together in a soft, textured Chablis supported by underlying veins of minerality. This is a very pretty village-level Chablis from Patrick Piuze.
The 2012 Chablis Terroir de Courgis is decidedly cool, inward and precise. A bit reticent for the year, the 2012 is laced with pear, green apple and floral notes, but it is the wine's bright, salivating acidity, along with its underlying structure that stand out most.