1995 VERGET Chablis Valmur 1995

(04-1997)
Knowing that Verget didn't make a Montrachet in '95, I was surprised that Guffens still had a wine to serve after the intensely powerful Batard Montrachet. Monster wines are not followed by lighter ones at tastings so I thought Guffens had made an error. Consider the unbelievable. The Chablis Valmur is the most impressive Chablis I have ever tasted. I had no idea Chablis could be this incredible. The nose was so compelling in its combination of ripe fruits and steely flint that I was afraid to taste the wine: If it wasn't as good as the nose I'd be terribly disappointed. When the time came to taste this wine, I was blown away by the utterly remarkable flinty, steely, almost petrolly, super-ripe fruit it contained, and contained, and contained. After (literally) a minute I still had the flavors in my mouth. Explosions of unreal minerality and super-rich fruits took over. I soon realized that I had tears rolling down my cheeks. Looking up, I saw the other tasters were also stunned by this wine's exceptional stature and presence on the palate. This wine has a melancholic, steely power that drives emotions to the fore. It shares with the greatest German and Alsatian Rieslings a strong acid component that gives the wine remarkable clarity for its amazing extract and length. Terry Theise, the well known American importer of German and Austrian wines, told me he thought Chablis was the