{"id":2008985,"date":"2026-03-12T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2026\/03\/12\/chateau-grenouilles-2022-the-kimmeridgian-sentinel\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:36:52","slug":"chateau-grenouilles-2022-the-kimmeridgian-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2026\/03\/12\/chateau-grenouilles-2022-the-kimmeridgian-sentinel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch\u00e2teau Grenouilles 2022: The Kimmeridgian sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the &#8220;hill of the Grands Crus&#8221;, where the Serein River shapes the viticultural geography of Chablis, Ch\u00e2teau Grenouilles is a statutory exception. As the only true ch\u00e2teau in a sea of often fragmented plots, this 7.20-hectare single-holding estate embodies a rarity of land. <sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup>. Located between Vaud\u00e9sir and Valmur, with south-western exposure facing the village, it draws its complexity from Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soil, a geological memory that gives Chardonnay its characteristic tension<sup><\/sup>. La Chablisienne, which has been orchestrating this score since 1923, delivers with the 2022 vintage a sunny yet masterful interpretation of this singular terroir<sup><\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The year 2022, marked by a warm spring and summer, offered optimal sanitary conditions, allowing the forty-year-old vines to deliver a dense, healthy product.<sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup>. The precise vinification process respects this integrity: after cold static settling, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place in barrels and vats<sup><\/sup>. This is followed by fourteen months&#8217; ageing on fine lees, always split between wood and stainless steel<sup><\/sup>. This precipitation-free process allows the wine to build its texture without masking the minerality of the site.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On tasting, this technical requirement is reflected in a pale gold color with silver highlights<sup><\/sup>. The nose, initially restrained by fresh notes of lemon, citrus and anise, gradually opens up to sweeter nuances of vanilla and coconut, reflecting the ageing and maturity of the vintage<sup><\/sup>. On the palate, the attack is spicy and balanced, structured by beautifully ripe fruit, before giving way to a taut, dynamic and persistent finish<sup><\/sup>. This is a wine for the ages, whose ageing potential is underlined, ideally requiring five to ten years to fully develop its personality.   <sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-400x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1989910\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-400x1024.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-117x300.jpg 117w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-768x1964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-600x1536.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-801x2048.jpg 801w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-1170x2993.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-585x1496.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Chateau-Grenouilles-2022-scaled.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the heart of the &#8220;hill of the Grands Crus&#8221;, where the Serein River shapes the viticultural geography of Chablis, Ch\u00e2teau Grenouilles is a statutory exception. As the only true&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2054427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30493],"tags":[53632,62562],"class_list":["post-2008985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wines-and-spirits","tag-chardonnay","tag-la-chablisienne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}