In the glass
Aroma: citrus, white flower, apple, mineral
Palate: lemon, oyster shell, chalk, saline
Laroche's prestige cuvee from old Blanchots vines, rich and saline with citrus, white flowers and stony depth.
What it pairs with
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Chablis oysters
The wine's saline, oyster-shell minerality is the textbook match for raw oysters on ice. -
Roast turbot in beurre blanc
A rich grand-cru white carries the firm white fish and its buttery sauce without being overwhelmed. -
Quenelle de brochet sauce Nantua
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The dumpling's creamy crayfish sauce meets a taut white Burgundy that cuts the richness and lifts the shellfish.
History
Reserve de l'Obedience is Laroche's flagship, a selection from old Blanchots vines.
- 1995 — First Reserve de l'Obedience
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Laroche
- Grapes
- Chardonnay (100%)
- Classification
- Grand Cru (Chablis, AOC)
- Oak
- Around 12 to 14 months in French oak, part new
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 90 to 200 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8-25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1995