2015 Chablis Montee de Tonnerre
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Tasting notes
(just half a harvest--25 hectoliters per hectare--due to hail): Pale yellow. Crystalline aromas of pineapple, grapefruit, fresh herbs and iodiney minerality. Very intensely flavored, precise wine with lovely cut but also terrific extract-rich density. Remarkably pure considering the hail, but this very backward wine will need time in bottle. Finishes distinctly firm-edged, with juicy salinity, a touch of positive bitterness, and superb rising length and lift. Really resounds on the aftertaste. Jul 2016, www.vinous.com
Critic scores
Average Score
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Neal Martin
More reviews and scores
The 2015 Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre, which comes from three different parcels, has a more sultry bouquet at the moment with bruised apple, granite and smoky scents--a bit broody coming after the winsome Mont de Milieu. The palate is nicely balanced with mouth-sapping salinity on the entry, nicely focused with that saline theme continuing right to the slightly austere, but attractive finish. I expect it to land at the top of my banded score once in bottle. Aug 2016, www.robertparker.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.