2024 Laurent Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy

Beauroy is a left-bank Chablis premier cru on the slopes near Poinchy, the hamlet where the Tribut family has its cellar. Laurent Tribut learned his craft inside one of the great houses of Chablis: married to Marie-Clotilde, daughter of Rene Dauvissat, he made his first wines in the Dauvissat cellar under Rene and his son Vincent, whose domaine stands with Raveneau at the top of the appellation, before establishing his own cellar a few miles away. The family farms about five hectares, harvests by hand, ferments in enamel tanks and ages some wines in used oak, with daughter Solange leading the winemaking. Imported by Vineyard Brands, founded in 1971 by Robert Haas and grounded from the start in leading Burgundy estates, the wines show the pure, classically shaped style associated with Dauvissat. Tribut premier crus are long-lived; older bottles of Beauroy have remained in their prime at twenty years of age.