A Wine Competition Chablis Very selective!

The 37th Wine Competition Chablis , organized by the Office of Chablis in partnership with the Burgundy Wine Board, took place on Saturday, January 14, 2023, under the chairmanship of Burgundy wine expert Jasper Morris (presentation below). The 71 jury members tasted the 2021 vintage for the Petit- Chablis , Chablis And Chablis premier cru and the 2020 vintage for the AOC Chablis grand cru They awarded 24 medals out of the 259 samples tasted. Organizers noted a decrease in the number of samples submitted this year due to the low harvest volumes in 2021. A unique feature of this rigorous and selective competition is that professionals submitting samples cannot be members of the jury. The tasters are journalists, restaurateurs, sommeliers, brokers, oenologists, winemakers, or knowledgeable enthusiasts. This year, Gérard Margeon, executive head sommelier for the Alain Ducasse group, Toshio Matsuura, a Japanese journalist, and Laurent Charrière, an influencer better known on Instagram as @vins_du_capitaine, were among the jury members. The wines are judged in two stages: the samples that received the highest scores in the first stage, judged by all the panelists, then proceed to the Super Jury, the only body authorized to award medals.

The 24 medals of the 2023 competition 

Chablis grand cru 2020

Gold medals Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN Tribute to Louis Domaine SERVIN, Bougros

Silver medal Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN Valmur Bronze Medals Clotilde DAVENNE, Blanchot Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN , Vaudésir

Chablis premier cru 2021, right bank

Gold medals Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN Middle Mountain Domaine des MALANDES, Fourchaume

Bronze medal Domaine GAUTHERON Alain and Cyril, The Dead Man

Chablis premier cru 2021, left bank

Gold medals Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN Vaillons Domaine Soup's on, let's go!

Silver medals Domaine Jean-Paul and Benoît DROIN Vosgros Domaine Alain GEOFFROY, Beauroy

Bronze medal Domaine des MALANDES, Montmains

Chablis 2021

Gold medals Domaine Jean-François and Pierre-Louis BERSAN Domaine COURTAULT MICHELET Domaine of La Motte

Silver medals Domaine OUDIN Domaine SERVIN

Bronze medals Domaine Antoine and Laurent ROBIN Domaine VENTOURA

Little Chablis 2021

Gold Medal Domaine ALEXANDER

Silver medals Maison SIMONNET-FEBVRE Guillaume VRIGNAUD

Bronze medal Domaine Dominique GRUHIER, On the Clos

Jasper

Jasper Morris, of British origin, is known as the wolf blanc in Burgundy, where he has resided since 1991. Born into a family of lawyers and passionate about wine, he chose to pursue a career as a wine merchant, founding his company Morris & Verdin Ltd in 1981 before becoming a Master of Wine in 1985. Jasper Morris developed a passion for Burgundy wines and published the first edition of his book "In the Heart of Burgundy" in 2010. After selling his company to Berry Bros & Rudd in 2003, he worked there until 2017 and then launched his website, Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy (www.insideburgundy.com), dedicated to Burgundy wines. In 2016, Jasper Morris was appointed consultant for Christie's, and then Sotheby's, for the Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction. Beaune In 2021, he wrote the second edition of his book "At the Heart of Burgundy".

Christophe TUPINIER

Rédacteur en chef des dégustations