2012 Domaine Servin Chablis

Chablis is a general designation of an appellation/region in France. At the Northern tip of Burgundy, Chardonnay grapes make wine typically with a flinty, steely edge and bracing acidity. If the wine is from France and says Chablis on the bottle, it is from this region and Chardonnay is the grape.

Be warned though, while it is not as common anymore, there have been lots of wines sold in the USA called Chablis that have nothing to do with the region in France. For several years, the US didn’t regulate wine terms so titles like Champagne, Sherry, Burgundy, Chianti, and more were used on bottles that had nothing to do with their namesakes. Chablis was used as a marketing term for several years to signify white wine, and while US wine law has changed, some brands are still grandfathered in and can use Chablis as long as they also list the wines true origin.

I’ve been reading about the 2012 Chablis vintage. Yields were down but in general quality is good. I was excited then, to see this Chablis at Costco and picked up a bottle.

The Servin Chablis today is a basic example from the region. I was not disappointed. Lovely fruit, high acid, clean, zesty minerality. This was a pleasure to drink in the Florida sun and I quickly went back and bought two more bottles. Drink it chilled and drink it soon.