A very long wait is over!! A Grand Cru Chablis is available again; from the stellar 2009 vintage Chateau de Maligny Les Clos is offered at an incredible $69.99. This is a wine of great concentration, power and intensity, and with a very long aging potential.

The Grand Cru of Chablis is located above the village on a south facing steep slope.

It is composed of seven vineyards, “lieu-dit,” of which Les Clos is considered the best. Grand Cru Chablis along with the Grand Crus of Corton Charlemagne and Montrachet are undoubtedly the world’s best Chardonnays. Unlike Montrachet, Grand Cru Chablis is still affordable;--don't miss on this opportunity, as quantities are very limited.

Maligny is a village of some 740 inhabitants eight kilometers north of Chablis. Maligny is the northernmost tip of the region's Kimmeridgian soils. Just south of the village is the premier cru l'Homme Mort, part of the principal premier cru Fourchaume.

Maligny’s famous landmark, the Château de Maligny, came into existence in the 12th century, edified by Hughes de Maligny: it is the most magnificent estate in all of the Chablisien. Vines were first planted here in 1217. Chateau de Maligny is the largest private producer of Chablis wine in the region and is, in fact, the largest estate in all of Burgundy. Located in the very heart of the Chablis appellation, the vineyards contain a high concentration of steep, well-exposed hillsides of rocky soil, terrain that guarantees the exceptional quality of the wine. The property consists of 480 acres of vineyard land producing thousands of cases of estate bottled Chardonnay. Chateau de Maligny has been honored by receiving the highest awards possible in nearly every international wine competition.

Atanas Nechkov, Central Florida Wine Supervisor