Piuze, a native of Montreal, is a rock star of Chablis, having taken the region by storm when he arrived there over a decade ago. He worked for Jean-Marc Brocard and Jean-Marie Guffens before starting his own label in 2008, and has very quickly come to be counted among the legendary names of the region. Wine writer Jancis Robinson recently wrote of him: “Here is a truly thrilling new producer of hand-crafted Chablis, designed to showcase the individuality of different terroirs, not just at premier (and one grand) cru level, but within that very substantial area devoted to AC Chablis.” His “Terroir de Chablis” is sourced from two vineyards very near the premier cru Montmains vineyard. Done entirely in stainless steel, it is fresh and rich on the palate with a distinctly herbal finish.
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