Limited Quantities of 2 Brilliant Premier Cru Chablis (Dampt and Pommier)

For all the disparate palates on the Fass Selections list if there is one category that brings

all people together it is Chablis. At its best it is the most pure, shimmering, transparent expression of Chardonnay in the world.  I've selected two wines today that typify what I'm trying to sell in my Chablis portfolio; wines with the characteristic Chablis minerality and acidity but possessing enough fruit to make them delicious and drinkable.

The first wine is the 2012 Isabelle and Denis Pommier Chablis 1er Cru "Beauroy,", which can be had for as little as $28.99 on the 4-pack. Beauroy might be the most overlooked 1er Cru in Chablis. Many wine hipsters, including me, worship the ground Laurent Tribut walks on, who makes an outstanding Beauroy. It is a glorious wine. But I think the Pommier version is just as good; it just does not get the attention because it's not the "it" producer.  I just opened a 2011 Pommier Beauroy and right on opening, it was so beautiful and delicious, I almost cried; the 2012 is just as good, if not better.  Stuffed with minerals, like fruit, apple skins, an interesting spice perfume on the palate and the nose along with such mind boggling purity that it's price doesn't even begin to say anything about the quality here. There is a serenity to this wine that is all about the balance. Acidity, fruit, mineral all so balanced and interplaying off each other which, for me, creates a zen wine. I have so little so this might have to be allocated. I mean really little.

The second wine, is an old favorite and as my first Chablis offering, the standard bearer of my white Burgundy portfolio. I cannot believe I am on the third vintage of this wine. Just amazing. The wonderful Sebastien Dampt and his insanely delicious 2013 Sebastien Dampt Chablis 1er Cru "Cote de Lechet, which can be had for as little as $26.99 a 4-pack. Everyone who has ever had Dampt knows this is just a frigging insane value. This has perfect mineral balance, great concentration and a luscious mouthfeel.  Every bottle sold for under $45 is a damn theft. It is drinking fantastic now and I know it will be drinking ever better in the Fall. It is so long, so lean, so precise and I LOVE 2013 in Chablis when it succeeds. And it succeeds often but also fails often. So buyer beware. There is also not much 2013 Chablis as compared to 2012 and many of the bad wines in 2013 show awkward acid balance. Not Sebastien's wines. Balance, concentration and purity are how I would describe them.

Both of these will be shipped in the early fall for late fall/early winter delivery.

2012 Isabelle and Denis Pommier Chablis 1er Cru "Beauroy" - $31.99 

(115.96 4-pack)((Very Limited)

2013 Sebastien Dampt Chablis 1er Cru "Cote de Lechet" - $29.99 ($107.96 4-pack)