2022 Domaine François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru "Forêts"
94TA
91-94JM
93VN
90-93BH
92DC
92RP
$379.99
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Tim Atkin
Reviewed January 2024Succulent musk melon and Mirabelle tart zoom from the glass. The palate offers more of the same with additional nuances of graham cracker crust. There is noticeable mid-palate chewiness here, but the medium weight is effortlessly lifted by zinging acidity. No new oak is used here
Professional Reviews
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Jasper Morris
More lemon than lime in colour, can I detect the blue clay in the nose? White fruit, with a touch of apple and fresh citrus. The wine extends beautifully across the palate, biding its time, a light touch of wood helping rather than hindering its expression. A controlled weight of fruit, with an attractive finish. Drink from 2027-2034. Tasted: May 2023.
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Vinous
The 2022 Chablis Fôret 1er Cru has a cohesive and quite compelling bouquet: citrus peel, gunflint, a little more reductive than Raveneau's other cuvées but gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with a crisp entry, quite taut, linear and stricter than I expected with an uncompromising saline finish. Excellent.(NM)
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Burghound
Note: from a .67 ha holding that averages 35 years of age. Very firm reduction renders the nose impossible to fairly assess. Otherwise, there is better volume and richness to the more powerful bigger-bodied flavors that are muscular though not especially refined, all wrapped in a stony, clean and markedly dry finale that is shaped by lemon-tinged acidity. I especially like the length and this should age effortlessly over the next decade.
Details
| Origin | Chablis, France |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Chardonnay |
| SKU | 1785193 |