Francois Ravenau - Chablis Valmur Grand Cru 2023
Price: $999.99
| Producer | Francois Ravenau |
 | |
| Country | France |
| |
| Region | Burgundy |
| |
| Subregion | Chablis |
| |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| |
| Sku | 37376 |
| |
|
Wine Advocate: 96-98 Points
The 2023 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur, derived from a steep, south-facing site, is showing superbly and is one of the wines of the vintage. With more mid-palate amplitude than any other wine in the range, it soars from the glass with a bouquet of extraordinary complexity, featuring notes of iodine, acacia, grapefruit zest and oyster shell. Isabelle Raveneau explains that the parcel is like a small natural amphitheater, and work is mostly done in the mornings since it’s too hot to work there during the day. On the palate, the wine is deep, full-bodied and multifaceted, with incredible concentration, tangy acidity and striking intensity, finishing with a long, saline aftertaste. Both more tensile and slightly more linear than the dramatic Clos that followed it, this is a brilliant Valmur.
