2023 Gilbert Picq Chablis En Vaudecorce

Based in the village of Chichée, one of the cooler, higher parts of Chablis, Domaine Gilbert Picq has earned a reputation for some of the region’s most incisive and mineral-driven wines. The domaine is now guided by Didier Picq, who has kept faith with a traditional, no-frills approach to vinification. Native yeast drives fermentations, elevage is in stainless steel, and there is no oak to be seen, delivering wines that speak purely of site. The result is classic Chablis in every sense: racy, precise, and full of the stony cut that makes the best wines from this area so thrilling.

Other Reviews....
A unique, one hectare site, up and near premier cru vines.
A distinct personality here. This grippy, crushed rock and river stone minerally feel and texture. Yes thanks. Cool brine under green apple, red apple, a little haze of let’s say, well, cloudy apple juice, but not cloudy, just so. A clatter of crunchy citrus, green pear, soft citrus. There’s some creaminess here too, but a pleasing glide, more or less, in feel, rather than much more. A little bitter melon through the back. Very nice to drink. Drink 2025-2035.
94 points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

The 2023 Chablis Vaudécorse is much more expressive than the Vauclaire at the moment, a mixture of white and yellow fruit with a touch of flintiness underneath. The palate is quite attacking on the entry, tensile and focused. It gradually builds toward a cohesive and satisfying finish. This has similar potential to the excellent 2022. Drink 2025-2036.
91-93 points
Neal Martin - Vinous

An interesting nose reflects notes of green tea, iodine, crushed fennel and green apple. There is slightly better volume, and noticeably more power to the energetic medium-bodied flavors that also exude evident minerality on the clean, dry and youthfully austere finale. This well-made effort almost always punches above its weight and this version should be no different. If you can find it, buy it as villages-level Chablis doesn't get much better than this in 2023. Drink through 2028+.
89-92 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

Lemon with a touch of lime in the colour. The most elegant of the three to date on the nose. A fine limewash across the palate with the stones to follow. Still shows in an elegant fashion. There is easily enough depth of fruit here and no honeysuckle. Ripe lemon zest instead. Drink from 2026-2032.
89-91 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy