2023 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 1er Cru "Montée de Tonnerre"
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94JG
94JS
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91-94JM
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91-93VN
92WS
90-92BH
$84.99
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Decanter
Reviewed October 2024This powerful, thrilling wine shows pronounced, ripe aromas of mirabelle plum, nectarine and green apple, with a strong underpinning of flinty minerality and smoky reduction. The texture is tightly wound and compact; it's substantial, but not heavy, carrying the wine to a marvellously long finish. The grapes are from 2.24ha in the lieux-dits Pied d'Aloup, Côte de Bréchain (planted 1936), and Chapelot, fermented in a combination of tank and cask, ageing now on the lees prior to bottling. Ideally wait five years before opening and drink over the next 30.(CC)
Professional Reviews
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John Gilman
Didier Séguier’s 2023 Montée de Tonnerre is another superb example of the vintage. This wine is more reserved today than the last couple of premier crus in the lineup, but it shows outstanding depth at the core and great backend energy and lift. The wine’s aromatic constellation reveals scents of green apple, pear, lime, chalky minerality, citrus blossoms and a topnote of lime peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, youthful and rock solid at the core, with brisk acids, laser-like focus, superb soil signature and a long, nascently complex and a very long, poised and balanced finish. All this excellent wine will need is time in the cellar to blossom! 2030-2060+.
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James Suckling
Excellent depth of minerality and chalkiness, with smoky, flinty green apples. Chalky on the palate, with medium- to full-bodied character and a zesty, lightly saline finish. Energetic, with purity and inconspicuous depth and concentration. Drink or hold.
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Tim Atkin
Reserved and serious, this is crystalline in fruit purity. Star fruit, yellow plums and brine make this a thoroughly gastronomic wine. It hums with pent-up tension, and it could certainly use a few years' slumber in the cellar. It is a "true" Montée de Tonnerre as it comes from all three sectors.
Notes
Montée de Tonnerre sits on the right bank of the Serein, adjacent to the Grand Cru slope, and is often treated as one of Chablis' benchmark premiers crus. Domaine William Fèvre farms an extensive estate of Chablis vineyards and typically ages its premier crus with a restrained use of older French oak rather than a new-oak signature.
Details
| Origin | Chablis, France |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Chardonnay |
| SKU | 1985247 |