Domaine Laurent Tribut
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2018 Cote de Lechet 1er
$54.99
WA - Kelley 91-93
Notes of white flowers, apples, oyster shells and wet stones preface the 2018 Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and impressively incisive wine in this warm vintage, with plenty of chalky extract and a mineral finish. At this early stage, the Côte de Léchet looks to be one of the premier cru highlights of the vintage.
2018 Beauroy 1er
$54.99
WA - Kelley 90-92+
Tribut’s 2018 Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy is very promising, bursting with notes of mandarin orange, green apple, freshly baked bread and oyster shell. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, ample and expansive, with a fleshy, nicely concentrated core, lively acids and a saline finish.
2018 Chablis ‘Village’
$42.99
WA - Kelley 89-91
The Tribut family’s 2018 Chablis Village was showing well, displaying attractive aromas of citrus fruit, white flowers and toasted almonds. On the palate, it’s medium-bodied, with good structuring extract and lively acids, concluding with a chalky finish. It had only been racked to barrel a month before I tasted it, so it’s early days to make a definitive pronouncement, but it would appear to be one of the vintage’s success stories.