As the excellent book The Wines of Chablis (Biss and Smith) explains in detail, Frederic Prain’s Domaine D’Elise is one of the finest and most serious small producers of authentic, very high-quality Chablis.
Among other things, Prain has superb old-vine parcels right by the premier cru Cote de Lechet, sells off all but his best fruit, harvests very late and with “impressively low” yields for additional texture and concentration, and vinifies his Chablis very classically, with no oak but a very long aging on the lees.
Here’s their note on the 1996 (an excellent vintage, but not as ultra-exceptional as this 2021). Granted, it’s an older year, but this is a book after all, and it gives a pretty good indication of the quality and style here:
“Lovely intense fruit and length, crisp delicious wine. Mature lemon yellow color with a lovely nose, very forward, full flavoured on palate, bursts with fruit and well balanced with attractive acidity, long delicious wine.”
Again, you can take this note on 1996 and amplify it in 2021!
As Decanter says of 2021 Chablis:
Chablis lovers can look forward to a vintage of classically styled wines of individual character, though volumes are well down after a difficult growing season. Find producers you favour and snap them up while you can.
It’s a Chablis vintage which is the first since 2017 to fully demonstrate the ‘classical’ elements that make this wine so distinctive. Chablis 2021 is a vintage full of vibrant acidity, one which shows a particularly strong terroir influence, and has produced wines which will reward careful cellaring.
This is everything you want a classic Chablis in a great vintage to be. Premier Cru-quality even. And no other Chablis under $30 runs it close.