2011 Desvignes Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

I read a thread on the Wine Berserkers forum with the topic being "Which vineyard do you like so much that you will buy irrespective of producer?". Someone their suggested the Montée de Tonnerre, a premier cru vineyard in Chablis.

It is an interesting suggestion. The Montée de Tonnerre is a vineyard with the potential of producing grand cru quality wines. The vineyard lies southeast of all the grand cru vineyards in Chablis and shares much of the same soil.

I thought it would be interesting to take it to the test. So I went to my local wine shop and bought the cheapest Montée de Tonnerre I could find. The result, a Montée de Tonnerre produced by Desvignes Aine & Fils. I have little knowledge about the producer, and it's hard to find much on the world wide web. So this wine must just speak for itself.

Tasting note on the 2011 Desvignes Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

The wine was opened and then put in the fridge for about an hour. The first glass showed a a mouthwatering and pleasent mouthfeel with apple, pear and citrus. The finnish had nice minerality (chalky) and acidity. Good length. After a while, when the wine got a bit warmer, the wine showed more of it's true colours. The crispness goes away and the oak shows. The wine looses some of it's pleasure factor, and becomes a decent wine with a bit too much oak showing. 86 points 

This was an interesting experiment. It is so easy to get fooled by a cold white wine. The temprature masks over all the flaws and just increases the pleasure. This isn't a great wine, but it works very well if served cold.

Going back to the reason why I bought the wine, are all wines from Montée de Tonnerre worth buying? My answer, after trying this, would be no. The wine from Desvignes is on the low side of 1er cru's from Chablis in terms of price, but you do not have to pay much more for better 1er cru wines.