William Fevre Vaillons 1er Cru 2014 (750ML)

92 VM / 90 WA / 90-92 BH

Pale, green-tinged yellow. Smells riper than the Montmains but also displays pungently fresh iodiney minerality. Densely packed and sweet, with youthful grapefruit and pineapple flavors dominated on the back end by the strong iodiney minerality. Very firm but not austere, this superb premier cru saturates the mouth without leaving any impression of excess weight. Built to age. - Stephen Tanzer

The 2014 Chablis 1Er Cru Vaillons has a tightly wound bouquet that gradually opens in the glass, hints of lime flower and a touch of white peach. The palate is well balanced with a crisp opening, slate-like texture with good acidity, perhaps not quite as tensile on the finish as some other Vaillons that I have tasted from this vintage. But it does have fine salinity lingering on the aftertaste. - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate

75% Vaillons with the remainder from Mélinots and Châtains

This could be from nowhere else but Chablis with its pungent aromas of oyster shell, mineral reduction, algae, white flowers and citrus rind. There is even better complexity to the delicious, intense and delineated medium weight flavors that also display profuse minerality on the saliva-inducing finish that really fans out as it sits on the palate. Worth considering. Burghound