2015 Chablis Valmur
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(vinified entirely in barriques and 350-liter casks, then assembled early and racked into cuve in January): Bright, pale yellow. Pure aromas of orange zest, peach and spices. More taut and less round than the Vaudésir but still with an enticing sweetness to its sharply chiseled stone fruit and spice flavors. This powerful, energetic wine mounts impressively on the sappy, silky, palate-saturating finish. From a crop level of just 25 hectoliters per hectare and it shows. Jul 2016, www.vinous.com
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
More reviews and scores
A ripe and attractively fresh nose combines notes of pear, white peach, sea shell, iodine and wood nuances. There is exceptional richness to the almost viscous and powerful broad-shouldered flavors that coat the palate with dry extract that also serves to buffer the relatively firm acid spine on the austere and serious finale that, somewhat curiously, simultaneously exhibits a touch of sweetness. Oct 2016, www.burghound.com, Drink: 2022+
The 2015 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur has a very attractive bouquet with hints of praline, white chocolate and yellow flowers and is very expressive and seductive. The palate is very well balanced with a subtle marine influence on the entry. It is harmonious with white peach and a touch of lychee on the fresh and poised finish. This delicious grand cru could actually be broached now, although it will give at least a decade's drinking pleasure. Aug 2017, 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.