The 2018 Chablis 'Valmur' from Domaine William Fèvre is a brilliant wine in the making. The bouquet is precise, complex and perfectly ripe, offering up scents of pear, lemon, beeswax, spring flowers and a gloriously complex base of chalky soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and full-bodied, with truly stunning backend mineral drive and cut on the long, nascently complex and vibrant finish. Great juice.

What a beautiful white with many fine, intertwined layers of fruit and acidity, delivering such a serious and subtle glass. It’s medium-to full-bodied with creamy texture and a flavorful finish. Really intriguing and thought-provoking.

Not quite star bright yet. Pale colour. Lively light yellow fruit on the nose, expressing the sunshine but there is great energy here too, a lively leaping Valmur rather than a sultry one. Very persistent, and the mineral crunch is absolutely there.