2016 Chablis Vaudesir
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More interest and complexity than their Bougros with herby notes as well as a lovely nutty perfume on the palate. Dry, fleshy, pithy and saline on the finish. Lovely balance and elegance. (RH)
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Neal Martin
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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(23 hectoliters per hectare): Pale yellow. Very spicy scents of peach, ginger and white pepper; less minerally at present than the Bougros. Then quite taut in the mouth and much less easy to taste today; dry and classic but quite reticent. Boasts excellent inner-mouth tension and harmonious acidity but not the silkiness of the Bougros. Most impressive now on the dense, spicy, tactile, slowly mounting finish. Not at all a heavy style of Vaudésir but it's not coming alive today. Am I underrating this?
The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir has quite a powerful bouquet, more floral than the Bougros with lime flower and lychee aromas that seem well defined. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. This is a harmonious grand cru with a pleasant saline attack, good depth in the mouth and a clean, precise, slightly spicy finish. Much better than the 2015 Vaudésir, it should age well over 12 to 15 years.
The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir has quite a powerful bouquet, more floral than the Bougros with lime flower and lychee aromas that seem well defined. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. This is a harmonious grand cru with a pleasant saline attack, good depth in the mouth and a clean, precise, slightly spicy finish. Much better than the 2015 Vaudesir, it should age well over 12 to 15 years. 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.