2013 Chablis Bougros
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Pale green-tinged yellow; does not look like a 2013! High-pitched nose offers lime zest and oyster shell minerality, with very little sign of botrytis. Densely packed and pliant but not at all heavy, with seductive sucrosité leavened by harmonious acidity. This very long wine will be easy to drink young.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2013 Chablis Grand Cru Bougros has a slightly backward, austere, wet-pavement nose that does not really get out of second gear. The palate is balanced with good salinity, plenty of fresh Conference pear and Granny Smith apple notes combined with a fine seam of acidity, the finish just a little foursquare and missing some persistence. Not bad, but the other Grand Cru '13s are better.
Even though the 60% that was barrel fermented was in older barrels (average six years old), there is a definite creaminess here, perhaps more lees than oak. At last, some intensity! Bright and zesty but also has a crisp concentration on the palate, giving drive and length as well as purity. A clear step up from the Fèvre premiers crus in 2013. (JH)
Fèvre's 2013 Chablis Bougros stands out for its bright, chiseled personality. Lemon oil, white flowers, smoke and slate are all laced together in a brilliant wine with more than enough depth to balance the pulsating acidity. The 2013 is a promising wine from this south-west facing site marked by deep soils.
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.