Pale, bright yellow. Knockout nose projects lemon oil, crushed stone, spices and minerals. As creamy as this is in the mouth, it's most notable for its sheer energy and verve, with lemon and crushed stone flavors that pulsate in the middle palate and on the very long aftertaste. A classic vintage for this wine. Christian Moreau reminded me that the family's major parcel of Clos goes from the bottom to the top of this grand cru. Fabien does three different vinifications before blending the lots at the end. Part of this cuvee went back into barrels for five months following the racking after the malolactic fermentation.

This is perhaps the most aromatically elegant wine in the range today with its airy, pure and layered nose of white flower, lemon peel, hint of wood spice, white peach and oyster shell nuances that seem even stronger on the impressively scaled broad-shouldered flavors that possess a beguiling texture as well as an almost painfully intense, palate staining finish that is bone dry. In a word, gorgeous.

– Burghound.com, Issue 32. Tasted: Oct 2008

The Moreau 2007 Chablis Les Clos mingles fresh white peach, rhubarb, orange zest, and vanilla in the nose, and comes to the palate with a corresponding sense of invigoration, refreshment and tart, pungent chew, even as one registers a distinct sense of underlying chalk and stone. Les Clos is not about richness (except of extract) this year, and Moreau’s dense Clos underscores that point. Utilizing a technique reminiscent of Meursault’s Patrick Javillier, Moreau reports that he vinifies three separate lots with different barrel and lees regimens to enhance the complexity of the final, blended wine. There is a severity and practically blazing intensity to the finish that’s not loveable, but certainly is formidable. I’d give this several years in the bottle, and would not anticipate it fading inside of a decade.

David Schildknecht (Wine Advocate #186, Dec 2009)

Jeroboam (the first jero of Chablis I have ever seen). Still delightfully nervy and yet just about ready to attack. Still quite firm but unmistakeably Chablis with a deep undertow. (JR)