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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.8 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 147 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by hprphf on 2/29/2024 & rated 93 points: Softer and larger than previous bottles. Resolved with mineral and chiseled impacts, quite large and sublime on palate. 93 (480 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 1/11/2024 & rated 94 points: At first, this seemed quite mature and perhaps past its best with a darkish yellow color and softer palate. However, after 2 hours of air it blossomed and the finish became so complex and the texture beguiling. Note to self; decant all Raveneau wines! (619 views) | | | Tasted by Vini Ciclismo on 12/22/2023 & rated 94 points: Strong lemon colour.
Gentle white flowers, a hint of honey, citrus fruits.
Medium weight, refined and precise. Flavours are pure citrus and honeysuckle with good intensity. Lovely rich minerality, with a long spicy finish. Very fresh, excellent acidity. Delicious. (583 views) | | | Tasted by AB16 on 12/1/2023 & rated 95 points: Robinson wine dinner at mad cap. An incredible example the potential of aged Chardonnay. Alluring flinty nose that is so indicative of Raveneau. Fruit singing and acid all there. One of the most consistently delicious white wines in the world. (780 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 10/14/2023 & rated 94 points: Served cold to start but really blossomed as it aired/warmed up. classic Chablis, with that stony saline & white floral character. Still youthful, I’d think there’s further upside too (94+) (763 views) | | | Tasted by fadincvaros on 6/28/2023 & rated 95 points: Un gigante. Bevuto in orizzontale con 2005 le clos di Dauvissat, entrambe le bottiglie erano in condizioni ecccellenti, senza alcun segno di stanchezza. Colore dorato neanche troppo pronunciato, larghezza e acidità, a tratti salino, in altri momenti erbaceo, lungo da far paura. Spettacolare. Grandissimo Chablis (891 views) | | | Tasted by The Guzz on 6/9/2023 & rated 94 points: Waxy, saline, shells, lemon/lime, citrus. Beautiful balance and great expression. Soaring acid and citrus fruit expression on opening. Decanted 4 hours before drinking and at dinner showed focus, balance, and fantastic nuance. A great MDT (825 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 5/22/2023: Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Galit - Chicago IL): This had just been opened, it was massively reductive. Aromas were actually more forthcoming than the palate, and there was wonderful substance following behind the reduction, but the full potential was tough to assess tonight. (1781 views) | | | Tasted by drjb on 3/14/2023 & rated 94 points: This has been a consistently excellent bottle of Chablis that has now matured into something more complex and interesting over the past 4 years. The colour is a slightly deepening gold with a nose of lemon drops, boiled sweets, white nectarine syrup, oyster shell and honey. The palate has plenty of interest between the flavoursome fruit and the oyster shell, fresh hay and touches of honey on the long finish. There is great grip on the finish that clearly tells of its origins. (1176 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 2/9/2023 & rated 97 points: Going Up The Country: Suburban Bliss & Wines to Match (Craig & Nita's Place): Light medium gold color. Splash double decanted and recorked prior to departing. Drank a glass plus over 2.5 hours. It always makes me a bit twitchy opening these coveted bottles of wine. Will it be over hyped, off, or just not meet expecttions. Well tonight the wine gods were looking out for us. This was a magnificent bottle in all its glory, seemingly nearing its epogee. I found it gaining depth and even more complexity in glass over the first hour plus. Amazing nose, so deep and provocative, lemon, lemon oil, butterscotch, gradually filling with bursting sea air, oyster shell, kumquat, and beeswax with so much power. The palate is a study in density and penetration, lemon, lemon oil, saline, butterscotch, kumquat, oyster shell, limestone, honeycomb, voluminous and very long. Wow, this was magical, and it really seemd to be at the perfect point of evolution. I love MdT, and this one clearly had Grand Cru stuffing. 97+ to 98pts. (1529 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 2/9/2023 & rated 98 points: Chef Don Saunder's food entices 7 city dwellers to our place in the exurbs! 8 of us plus Nita & Joe enjoyed Don's magnificent food tonight 30 miles from downtown Minneapolis. What a night!! CV,KB,SS,CS,DM,DD,LI, & DS. With plenty of air this wine was superb tonight! Kevin's btl tonight and it rocked! I've always been a big Montee De Tonnerre fan. Especially since it can come very close to the Grands for historically a 3rd of the price. Not any longer from the big 3; Raveneau, Dauvissat & Fevre. This btl tonight proved why Raveneau remains top of that pyramid. The sheer intensity, class, power and length here makes this utterly compelling and impossible not turn heads. The most fully realized wine of the night regardless of color. A dream wine for Chablis lovers like myself! And, in a relative sense, an overperformer since it seemed more like what I'd expect from a Rav Les Clos. Thanks Kevin! (1232 views) | | | Tasted by RobinTeo on 1/20/2023 & rated 95 points: The one with Raveneau (Sonder): Great bouquet showing some slight reduction, flint, ripe yellow fruit - starfruit, pineapples, apricots and some honeycomb. Palate reflective of bouquet and more - slightly sweet spice, straw and citrus rind with amazing density and weight yet with layers of minerality and lifting acidity. Electrifying and energetic - I helped myself to seconds 🤣 (1101 views) | | | Tasted by Vini Ciclismo on 11/11/2022 & rated 94 points: Rich lemon colour.
Straw, hay, lemon zest, orange rind, light honeysuckle, sherbet zest. Clean, long lingering flavours. Becoming more mineral driven , spicy, less fruit driven. (1095 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 9/7/2022 & rated 92 points: Next to 04 Butteaux. Sweet, mineral, light. 92 (1241 views) | | | Tasted by finediningnyc on 5/27/2022 & rated 95 points: Showing even better than the bottle I had in January, Raveneau’s 05 MDT is brilliant tonight with intense aromatics of rich yellow fruit, wet stones, wildflower honey and exotic spices. The palate is deep and intense with its signature waxy texture, dry yellow extract, and a crystalline minerality that cuts its richness and warmth seamlessly. And tonight what stands out is its density and midpalate volume. It wraps around the palate with stunning length, power, citrusy acids and layered minerality. When 05 MDT is on it’s on! Thunder mountain. 🥳 (1468 views) | | | Tasted by finediningnyc on 1/19/2022: Superb bottle. Such incredible depth, amazing density and drive. MDT with age is always a special drinking experience. 05 is in the zone. (1804 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 10/30/2021 & rated 93 points: A small gathering at Bryan's (Bryan's place): The color is darker than the 03 Butteaux. Expressive nose displaying very rich yellow fruit, slightly unripe yellow peach, Clementine, crème brulee, honey, a hint of petrol, oyster shell, sweet spices and medium mineral. Excellent concentration, dense ripe yellow fruit, oily and deeply tone, medium acidity and medium mineral, and a long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with honey and dry orange peel at the end. This is surprisingly richer and riper than the 03 Butteaux. (2233 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 8/12/2021 & rated 94 points: Does not possess the acidity and perhaps intensity of the best vintages of this but makes up for it in sheer class and beauty. Loved drinking it and think better drunk sooner than later. (2164 views) | | | Tasted by Mazy on 7/16/2021 & rated 94 points: 2005? WHAT? Le vin est superbe, complexe, mais jamais on n’aurait pensé à 2005 car aucune note de chaleur excessive sur ce vin. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by jhbehrens on 7/4/2021 & rated 93 points: Classic Raveneau with waxed lemon, wet stone, flint, buttery acidity and apple. On the palate it has less body than most. Still probably at or past its peak. Delicious (1762 views) | | | Tasted by llink on 6/8/2021 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured at Restaurant Asa. Lemon, honey, iodine and sea brine on the nose. The palate is rich and complex with lemon infused orchard fruit elements, very 05 in its flavor profile and texture, with a saline quality on the texture that is really compelling. Improved over a 3 hour dinner, fantastic wine. (1801 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 4/10/2021 & rated 92 points: Lemon curd aromatics. Dense yet crystalline. (1923 views) | | | Tasted by bill00 on 1/22/2021 & rated 90 points: Rich, ripe and just a touch fat. Feels more Meursault than Chablis. Solid but prefer leaner vintages of this wine where there is more minerality and cut. (1805 views) | | | Tasted by ricknat1 on 1/15/2021 & rated 93 points: Crisp yet rich, long and elegant (1716 views) | | | Tasted by psi on 9/14/2020 & rated 97 points: Close to perfection. Pristine bottle. Mature with notes of honey, lemon oil, mandarin, beewax, without being too exotic. Extreme depth with salt and mineral flavours. Generous and still delineated. This was a true masterpiece, opened at the right time, offering extreme drinking pleasure. Raveneau can have a bit of an academic profile, but this one was quite hedonistic, elegant and feminine. Lovely, lovely, lovely. Why is it so difficult to make wine the way he and Dauvissat do? (1662 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Raveneau Chablis Montée de Tonnerre: 1985-2015 (Aug 2019) (8/1/2019)
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Montée De Tonnerre 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (6/3/2010)
(Dom François Raveneau, Montée de Tonnerre Premier Cru Chablis White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 4th Quarter, 2007, Issue #28
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, July/August 2007, IWC Issue #133
(Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Montee de Tonnerre) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2006, Issue #6, The 2005 Burgundy Vintage : Great Reds and Pleasant Whites
(Domaine Raveneau Chablis “Montée de Tonnerre”) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 4th Quarter, 2006, Issue #24
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(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (7/21/2013)
(François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre) Light medium yellow color; appealing, lemon, ripe grapefruit, mineral, almond nose; tangy, tart lemon, almond, mineral, saline palate; medium-plus finish 94 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (12/31/2010)
(François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre) Light lemon yellow color; nice tart lemon, mineral, lemon poppyseed cake nose with a touch of botrytis; tasty, tight, tart lemon, mineral palate with a sense of salinity; medium finish 92 points |
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| François Raveneau Producer WebsiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeMontée de Tonnerre
Burgundy lovers enjoy debating the merits of vineyards almost as much as they savor the wines themselves. A favorite topic of conversation? Premier cru vineyards that in the right hands produce wines at grand cru quality.
For white wines on the Côte de Beaune, the premier cru Meursault Perrières is widely considered to be of grand cru quality. In Chablis, there’s one long-established premier cru vineyard that consistently towers above the rest: Montée de Tonnerre.
If this vineyard does not quite reach the level of the region’s grand crus in depth and sheer palate presence, it often does in aromatic complexity and class. In a perfect classification system, it would be ranked between premier and grand cru. Why should you care? In a word: value. Because Chablis usually is significantly cheaper than white Burgundy from the Côte de Beaune in the first place, the best examples of Montée de Tonnerre can offer remarkable quality/price rapport. If Chablis is the insider’s white Burgundy, then Montée de Tonnerre is the insider’s Chablis premier cru.
A look at the map quickly explains why. Montée de Tonnerre is situated just to the southeast of the unbroken strip of Chablis grand crus on the right bank of the river Serein
Montée Tonnerre is, in many experts’ minds, an ‘honorary’ Grand Cru—or, at the very least, as close as Premier Cru get to that top tier. The site picks up where the famed row of Grand Crus leaves off, sharing similar expositions (the “Blanchots” Grand Cru is literally across the street). Montée de Tonnerre wraps around a hillside and is traditionally broken up into three sections, or lieu-dits: “Pied d’Aloup” (at the top of the slope, facing east); “Chapelot” (more south-facing); and “Côte de Brechain” (the western slopes).
It enjoys a similar geographic profile, rich in the same Kimmeridgian limestoney chalk that makes the grand crus some of the world’s most cerebral, complex and distinctive examples of chardonnay. With its brisk citrus character, floral lift and incisive minerality, Montée de Tonnerre is wonderfully aromatic and penetrating in its youth, typically coming into greater harmony and putting on weight with five to ten years of bottle age.
Montée de Tonnerre - Chapelot, Les Chapelots, Pied d’Aloup, Sous Pied d’Aloup, Côte de Bréchain
About Chablis Pied d'Aloup Wine
Pied d'Aloup is a Premier Cru climat in Chablis, overlooking the town of Chablis itself. This small vineyard site – while a Premier Cru in its own right – is also a part of the larger Montee de Tonnerre Premier Cru climat. As such, most of the Chardonnay grapes grown in the climat go into Montee de Tonnerre Premier Cru wines, providing freshness and minerality to the blend.
The vineyard is located at the top of the hill, sitting on the steep, southeast-facing slopes above the Chapelot vineyard, also used in Montee de Tonnerre blends. The Chablis Grand Cru hill is just a short way away to the north, and Pied d'Aloup shares some of its geographical characteristics, most notably the white, chalky soils.
Chablis Pied d'Aloup
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The Kimmeridgian soils found in Pied d'Aloup (and throughout Chablis) are well suited to viticulture, as their high levels of limestone and clay help to impart minerality to the grapes. The subsoil was deposited by an ancient sea that once covered northern France, and many tiny marine fossils have been found in the vineyards. The soils are less stony here than in other Premier Cru sites, aligning Pied d'Aloup more closely to the Grand Cru sites, and in particular Blanchot.
The southeast exposure in Pied d'Aloup means that vines receive excellent sunlight during the growing season, helping to temper the cool Burgundian climate. However, the mesoclimate in this part of the Montee de Tonnerre vineyard is slightly cooler (given its higher elevation) and, as such, the grapes have more austerity than those from lower on the slope. When blended with riper grapes from the Chapelot vineyard below, they make a well-balanced Montee de Tonnerre Premier Cru wine.
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
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