2016 Chablis Blanchots
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The 2016 Chablis Blanchots Grand Cru has a complex, quite beguiling bouquet with scents of dried honey, acacia, pressed flowers and orange blossom that unfold in the glass and attain quite a high level of intensity. The palate is very well balanced with a fine line of acidity, taut and poised with hints of spice, orange rind and grapefruit towards the pixelated finish. What a great Blanchots from Isabelle Raveneau. Tempting in its youth for sure, but it will reward those with the nous to cellar for five years.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot wasn't frosted, and it's one of the highlights of the range chez Raveneau this year, wafting from the glass with a lovely bouquet of white flowers, Meyer lemon, honeycomb and crisp pear. On the palate, it's full-bodied, satiny and concentrated, with a deep core, juicy acids and a long, beautifully delineated finish. It's a superb Blanchot that will develop gracefully for two decades or more.
Bright, light lemon-yellow. Discreet, precise aromas of lemon zest and metallic minerality lifted by a floral topnote. Offers lovely inner-mouth tension thanks to racy lemony acidity but also shows a rather exotic banana note today. Still, this strict, backward wine is less harmonious at present than the premier crus at this address, finishing with a firm edge of crushed rock and lemon. A more serious style, showing captivating saline extract without any heaviness.
The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot wasn't frosted, and it's one of the highlights of the range chez Raveneau this year, wafting from the glass with a lovely bouquet of white flowers, Meyer lemon, honeycomb and crisp pear. On the palate, it's full-bodied, satiny and concentrated, with a deep core, juicy acids and a long, beautifully delineated finish. It's a superb Blanchot that will develop gracefully for two decades or more. Aug 2018, www.robertparker.com