William Fevre Chablis Montmains 1er Cru 2019 (750ML)

93-95 JM / 94 JS / 92+ WA / 90-92 BH

Fine pale lemon colour. This has a beautiful nose from the very start. A large third comes from, butteaux, for minerals, 20% from Forêts for elegance, and the remainder from Montmains for weight and structure. Classical chalky nose, absolutely perfect weight of fruit and tension here, very long finish. This will please the purist and the punter alike, says Didier (in translation). Very long aftertaste. Tasted: July 2020—Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy

Aromas of white pepper, stone, chalk and some aniseed with a medium body and tight, linear focus. Taut and refined with a wonderful finish. Subtle and focused. Drink now.—James Suckling

Opening in the glass with notes of citrus oil, crisp green apple, iodine and wet stones, Fèvre's 2019 Chablis 1er Cru Montmains is medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with incisive acids and chalky grip on the finish. Cropped at 35 hectoliters per hectare, it's unusually deep and structured this year, and it will reward patience.—William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Note: a domaine wine composed of <40% Butteaux plus some Forêts and Montmains proper in roughly equal amounts
Tasting note: An exuberantly floral-suffused nose evidences background notes of citrus rind and enough Chablis typicity to be interesting. There is really lovely intensity to the powerful and super-saline middle weight flavors that terminate in a very dry and sleek finish. This needs to develop more depth but if it is allowed a few years of cellar time, it should progressively develop.—Allen Meadows, Burghound