2015 Chablis Vaudesir
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Pale, bright yellow. Quite closed on the nose, hinting at pineapple, menthol and wet stone. Dense and smooth on the palate but extremely unforthcoming today, displaying dry, slightly reduced flavors of lemon drop and crushed stone. This sharply chiseled, mineral-driven wine boasts terrific structure for a graceful evolution in the bottle. Owing to its austerity, salinity and inner-mouth tension, it's more about Vaudésir than it is about the 2015 vintage.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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Richer and sweeter in fruit than the Bougros – seems more ready to drink. Finely balanced palate with tremendous acid and generous body. (RH)
The 2015 Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir had quite a primal, grapey bouquet when I tasted it, touches of nettle and granite eventually developing in the glass. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, a little waxier in texture than I expected and for me, just missing some tension and mineralité on the finish. I prefer the Bougros to the Vaudésir, at the moment
(13.3% natural alcohol; picked on the first day of the harvest but not hailed on): Pale, slightly cloudy yellow. Captivating lift to the aromas of lemon, spearmint and crushed stone; reminded me a bit of Alsace Riesling in its piercing, high-toned character. Pineapple and dusty mineral flavors are enlivened by ripe harmonious acidity. Finishes with excellent cut and lift. This wine hasn't been racked in a while and will probably be tighter at bottling, said Séguier, who noted that production here was barely 30 hectoliters per hectare. Jul 2016, www.vinous.com
About the producer
Established in the late 1950s, William Fèvre was one of the leaders in Chablis’s renaissance. Today he crafts benchmark expressions of fine Chardonnay from some of the top vineyard sites in the region, working with many of the best Premier and Grand Cru vineyards.