Description / Reviews
// 100% Chardonnay, 100% stainless steel "not a single stave of oak in the winery"
"The 2023 Chablis Au Dessus des Carrières was bottled a couple of weeks prior to my visit after 12 months on the lees and a fermentation that was strung out over 12 months! It has an exquisite, beautifully defined and focused bouquet surfeit with minerals. The palate is very precise, poised, saline and tangy, with a dab of iodine toward the finish. The 2023 is excellent." - 91-93 pints, Neal Martin for Vinous
"Pretty and nicely fresh aromas include those of just sliced pear and apple while displaying enough Chablis typicity to be convincing. The rich, generous and vibrant medium weight flavors already possess fine complexity as well as excellent length on the clean, moderately dry and balanced finale. This is a very fine villages and one that should both drink well young as well as repay mid-term keeping." - 90 points, Allen Meadows for Burghound
"Introvert but convincing. So tight and just what we want from Chablis! Just a little short but lots to recommend it." - 16.5/20 points, Jancis Robinson
"The winery is, in fact, a classic case of how truly amazing wines can be made from more humble vineyards when given the utmost attention at every step. While a good percentage of the estate's holdings are in village-level parcels, Didier feels the wines from these vineyards in many ways serve as the calling card for the domaine. They are exceptional values as well as some of the finest examples to be found in the appellation, with the structure and cut to age gracefully for up to twenty years. There are in fact four village-level wines made each year at Domaine Picq: the Chablis AC, the Vieilles Vignes bottling made from the oldest parcels of vines in their non-cru holdings (more than fifty years of age), plus two single-parcel wines: Dessus-la-Carriere and En Vaudecorse, which are easily the quality equivalent of a top premier cru." - Importer, Polaner Selections
