2019 Chablis
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A sleeper of the vintage, Fèvre's 2019 Chablis Village opens in the glass with notes of citrus oil, white flowers, crisp green apple and oyster shell. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and chiseled, it's taut and concentrated, with racy acids and a long, chalky finish. Produced from some 40 hectares of vineyards, averaging around 50 years old, this was cropped at yields of 43 hectoliters per hectare. Unusually intense and structured, readers willing to give this cuvée a bit of bottle age will be rewarded.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
James Suckling
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This is really bright and clear with sliced apple, pear and stone. Some chalk, too. Itâs linear and tight. Pretty length and freshness. Drink now.
5 to 10% of the harvest is vinified in French oak barrels (aged 6 years on average), the rest in stainless steel. Aged 10–12 months in stainless-steel vats, with 5–10% of the harvest in French oak barrels for 5 to 6 months. Tank sample. Intense aroma of grapefruit-like citrus and a slight cedary note even though there is minimal oak influence. Stony, too. I detect a little bit of SO2 but this is probably just because it is a half-bottle tank sample and needed to be protected en route. Relatively powerful, crisp and with a lot of intensity for a generic Chablis wine. Rounded but with a core of freshness. (JH)
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.