2020 Chablis Valmur
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The 2020 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru has a more reductive bouquet that currently suppresses the terroir. It just needs more personality, and perhaps that will develop with further bottle aging. The palate is medium-bodied with a gentle grip. It builds confidently in the mouth with a sapid, spicy finish that suggests Les Preuses. Maybe it needs a little more persistence, but overall, this is a satisfying Chablis Grand Cru. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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Unwinding in the glass with aromas of peach, lemon oil, freshly baked bread, oyster shell and struck match, Fèvre's 2020 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur is full-bodied, concentrated and incisive, with a racy, electric profile and a searingly saline, intensely penetrating finish of striking persistence. This is a terrific Valmur that will merit at least a decade's patience to reveal all its considerable potential.
Cask sample. Lightly smoky nose – much tighter than the Bougros Côte Bouguerots, and with fine acidity. A model of restraint. (JR)
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.