La Manufacture Chablis Champs du Puits 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 with an excellent long finish

with an excellent long finish

Selected by Mary Taylor for its soulful character and food-pairing prowess—serious Portuguese winemaking from a producer building a name for artisanal quality

all of the base wines are organic and sourced from Piemontese winegrower friends of the Verganos

Jeff began working with this vineyard -- called Scopus -- back in 2010

La Manufacture Chablis Champs du Puits 2023 2025 L'Assemblage Part 2 with an excellent long finishMost village Chablis is a blend of whatever the cellar had that year. Champs du Puits is a single site, and the focus shows. Benjamin Laroche working outside his family's much larger operation ferments this mostly in stainless steel with a portion in old barrels, keeping the wine transparent without stripping it bare. What lands in the glass is lemon and key lime pulled tight over chalk, with the crackling acidity that makes Chablis the most