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Chablis Premier Cru 'Fourneaux', Domaine Samuel Billaud, 2024

Chablis Premier Cru 'Fourneaux', Domaine Samuel Billaud, 2024

Samuel Billaud | Burgundy, France
90-92/100Neal Martin, Vinous 89-92/100Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy
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Samuel Billaud now sits unambiguously at the very top table of Chablis. Neal Martin put it bluntly: “Samuel Billaud is one of the most exciting winemakers in Chablis… Would I put him in the same tier as Vincent Dauvissat and Raveneau? I would.”

The 2024 vintage only sharpens the focus. Chablis was hit brutally by frost, mildew and savage yield losses, yet Billaud emerged with wines of striking purity and control. Jasper Morris describes them as wines of “precision and purity without any rot in sight,” drawing comparisons to 2014. Yields are tiny – in some cases vanishingly so – and several cuvées simply do not exist this year. What remains is a concentrated core of village and Premier Cru wines that show exactly why this estate is held in such esteem, with Martin continuing, “Billaud has become highly sought-after over the last five years, a winemaker at the top of his game”.

Crucially, this is still Chablis priced for drinking, not collecting dust. While Dauvissat and especially Raveneau have long sailed into another pricing universe, Billaud offers a comparable level of seriousness at far more humane numbers.

What the critics say:

90-92/100Neal Martin, Vinous

"The 2024 Chablis Les Fourneaux 1er Cru was cropped at a decent 30 hi/ha and matured entirely in tank. This has a well-defined nose with hints of lemon curd and melted candle wax infusing the citrus fruit. The palate is fresh and vibrant. It's quite crisp and delineated with a mineral-rich finish, though I feel that the Butteaux offers a little more sustain at the moment. The 2024 is one to watch."

89-92/100Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy

"**** Samuel lost the least here, just a touch of frost in parts. Almost a full yield in the end. Pale lemon yellow. Attractively floral though still with a marine note. Even if Les Fourneaux does not fill the mouth quite as Butteaux does, it has a lemon minerality and fine sense of balance. Drink from 2028-2032. Tasted Jun 2025."

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Samuel Billaud

Samuel Billaud didn’t just grow into his own - he built his house. After two decades crafting wines at the family estate Billaud-Simon, Samuel struck out solo in 2009, and today, his domaine spans about eight hectares in Chablis, plus meticulously chosen fruit from top growers across both Premier and Grand Cru sites.

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