External search
Google (images)
Wine Advocate
Wine Spectator
Burghound
Wine-Searcher
Vintages
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Show more
From this producer
Show all wines
All tasting notes
|
| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 109 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by hajoha on 3/10/2024 & rated 94 points: Raveneau MdT 2007.
Dette er bra.
Akkurat i krysningen mellom ungdom og voksen.
Blomster i fjæra med masse frukt som heller mot den gule siden.
En rik deilig og dyp munnfølelse.
Generøs.
Dette er midt i smørøyet nå og vil holde seg der lenge.
Stor finish - breial, men likevel strukturert og presis.
Sitter som et langskudd. 94p (464 views) | | | Tasted by MJP Hou TX on 2/1/2024: My first experience with Raveneau thanks to a generous member of CDV713 in Houston.
With several white burgundies at the table this was the most delicate and nuanced. It gained weight throughout the night and was even more compelling. (897 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 11/16/2023 & rated 92 points: Premier Cru Table (The Fifth Avenue Hotel): Next to 00. Sunshine tropical fruit, coconut. Good weight. 92-93 (889 views) | | | Tasted by ricknat1 on 8/29/2023: still on top of its game and more mineral driven, true to the vintage and the terroir and winemaker all at the same time (877 views) | | | Tasted by Mbad77 on 6/18/2023 & rated 96 points: Half Century Magnum Lunch (La Trompette) (London): Not having any magnums of this I took two bottles. Alas one was my first faulty Rav.
The second was perfect though and a delight. My wine of the lunch as it took me back to the first Raveneau I had which I loved. There is that sea spray note with cream. It has a ripeness and depth that could be a top sonoma or new world wine but just a touch of Chablis on the finish to remind you where it’s from. This is perfect for me and loved this bottle. (1257 views) | | | Tasted by lozatron on 6/17/2023: Magnum Mike's Half Century Blow Out (La Trompette): Small pour as one of the bottles was shot. As with all my notes on chablis, this one starts with an apology - i am still yet to really understand it. A waxiness on the nose, which persisted on the palate. Some length, an attractive candied lemon beneath it. This was the table's top wine in the vote for - one bottle you can take away with you at the end (from the fizz, whites and reds). (1154 views) | | | Tasted by DAN BAILEY on 6/16/2023: As usual, incredibly young showing. Pale colour. Classic, waxy, wet wool profile. Nobody does it like Raveneau. Superb. (648 views) | | | Tasted by NickA on 6/16/2023 & rated 96 points: Magnum Mike's Magnificent Half Century (La Trompette): Half-magnum. I was determined not to like this to the exclusion of the other wines in the flight, but was powerless in the face of probably the best Raveneau showing I've experienced. Very ripe on the nose, with lime sherbert and some vestigal oak, the overall effect being extremely seductive. Relatively opulent on the palate too, with vanilla and something seaweedy, a caressing mouthfeel and lovely balance. Got the most votes from the table in the "which would you take home with you?" poll, including mine - delicious stuff. (1184 views) | | | Tasted by bookert on 5/25/2023 & rated 91 points: Classic. Lemony, saline nose. Long finish, slightly harsh on palatte. Needs time. (782 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 3/3/2023 & rated 94 points: In vertical. Wonderfully powerful and bright. Raveneau's richness and 2007's textures in great combination. I haven't tasted this wine in a decade + and it is so much better now vs in its youth. (1884 views) | | | Tasted by theRealPepe on 1/3/2023: Not much to say about this excellent wine except that I wish it was in a bigger bottle. (1077 views) | | | Tasted by Cote d'Or on 12/24/2022: Tasted over 2 hrs
-translucent med gold
-subtle soft caramel creamy lemon faint waxy lanolin
-med/med+ acidity makes an appearance at the finish, med weight up front waxy lanolin mature notes then some gentle mineral creamy lemon that melds into the very long finish with a caramel kiss
-all class drinking beautifully now in full maturity with no excess oxidation (926 views) | | | Tasted by englishman's claret on 12/11/2022: Ibid my 2017 and 2019 notes, evolving nicely, comfortable maturity now, classic Raveneau muscle with lemon lime and sea breeze minerality. (2171 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 10/26/2022: Medium yellow. Honeyed citrus. Rich, creamy glycerine entry, but don't be fooled. There is plenty of salinity, stone, and acidity behind this. It starts out as Côte de Beaune Grand Cru and finishes as prototypical Chablis. Wow, this is fabulous and just reaching maturity. At this level, Montée de Tonnerre deserves as much consideration for Grand Cru status as Amoureuses in red. (1569 views) | | | Tasted by Eric on 9/14/2022: M&PD Tasting: 1990 (Seattle, WA, USA): Crackling minerality. Such wonderful acidity yet also nutty, powerful and classically Raveneau. These wines are always just an insane treat. (1558 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 8/7/2022 & rated 92 points: Second time I’ve had it this summer, different sources but similar result. We had a nice lineup of Beaune’s following this, and it’s just my taste that i rarely find any Chablis, including Raveneau, stands up to top wines of Puligny/Chassagne/Meursault. (1261 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 7/19/2022 & rated 92 points: Has a nice briny tang, green apples, but no laser precision or energy…..pairs well with oysters, but missing anything magical. I was more excited about the oysters. (1351 views) | | | Tasted by vinkeger on 5/14/2022 & rated 95 points: Denne har faktisk mer aromatisk utvikling enn 2007 Chablis.
Men kun av den gode typen.
Fantastisk nese. Så dyp. Voks, bikube, gule blomster, gul frukt. Oser Raveneau.
Også denne er ung og stram i munn. Har dog også noen rikere elementer av nøtter og modnet ost.
Dødsbra vin som drikker som en drøm. (1219 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 3/19/2022: Relatively pale yellow. About 90% Chablis and 10% Raveneau. By that I mean that while there is a trace of beeswax on the nose and absolutely superb glycerine and texture, at the core of the wine are all of the great structural Chablis elements. Tart citrus, iodine sea musk, limestone, and driving acidity are all there, lashing every corner of your mouth. Uncompromising and old fashioned in its linearity, and amazingly fresh. I love it! (1871 views) | | | Tasted by ricknat1 on 2/12/2022 & rated 94 points: Crisp and long , more minerality and less fruity than other vintages but still excellent (1462 views) | | | Tasted by llink on 7/26/2021 & rated 92 points: PNP. Maritime nose, showing airy sea brine, some crisp lemons, and slight herbal tinge. The palate is crisp and mildly acidic, with some broth/saline element and a drying texture. Juicy finish, very lively and vigorous, in a great place tonight. (1891 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 6/17/2021: Dull yellow with some greenish tint. Wow, all of the Chablis elements on the nose-lemon/orange peel, a whiff of the ocean, and a trace of the Raveneau honeysuckle too. Medium bodied and on the delicate side for this producer. Marvelous fresh cut citrus, swirling brothiness, lots of soil, and great acidic cut. On point, thrilling Chablis that is still not yet completely developed at age 14. It may not be as grand and layered as other vintages of Montée de Tonnerre, but its energy and vigor are to die for. Better than a bottle last year. (2309 views) | | | Tasted by LWI on 5/15/2021 & rated 92 points: Upn opening, I believed this was premoxed, yellow apples and some nuts, slowly it became lighter and gained grip. Though, not an optimal bottle. (1957 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 5/14/2021 & rated 94 points: I absolutely love this wine. Opened and decanted for 30 minutes. Wow. 14k gold color. The nose soars with lime zest, crushed stones, oyster liquor and buttered popcorn. Classic. The palate is full yet I don’t get the oily texture described by others. To me it’s rich yet full of minerals - perfectly balanced and long. Regal. I may be underestimating this bottle. Perfect now. (94-95) (1809 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 1/15/2021 & rated 93 points: [Blind] Nose starts with nice stone / mineral above pithy citrus fruit. Also seems to have a little petrol hanging around. Oily. Palate is light on its feet, texturally soft, but has good length and power. Flicker of frosting / sherry. Nice honey and lemon. To me this is behaving a little more like a Corton (Bonneau du Martray?) in terms of richness and weight in the right ways. 92 - 93. (2344 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Allen Meadows
Burghound (12/9/2022)
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
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 Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Vinous Table: Zuni Café, San Francisco, CA (May 2018) (5/18/2018)
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée De Tonnerre White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Kapon
Vintage Tastings, Chicago Recap (11/2/2011)
(Raveneau Chablis Montee de Tonnerre) Login and sign up and see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2010, Issue #25, Reloading the 2007 Red Burgundies- Still Captivating in Bottle?
(Chablis “Montée de Tonnerre”- Domaine Raveneau) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, October 2009, Issue #36
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2009, Issue #19, The 2007 Burgundy Vintage: Delightful Reds and Brilliant Whites
(Chablis “Montée de Tonnerre”- Domaine Raveneau) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 4th Quarter, 2008, Issue #32
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Montée de Tonnerre 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, July/August 2008, IWC Issue #139
(Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Montee de Tonnerre) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound
(Domaine François Raveneau Chablis "Montée de Tonnerre" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (12/31/2010)
(François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre) Light yellow color; poised, ripe apple, lemon gelee, mineral nose; tasty, apple, saline, lemon, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 92+ pts. 92 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (7/17/2010)
(François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre) Bright light yellow color; lemon, mineral, tart apple, green herb nose; tasty, elegant, tart lemon, mineral palate with a sense of salinity, but needs years; medium-plus finish 93 points |
NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of Burghound and Vinous and Vintage Tastings and View From the Cellar and RJonWine.com. (manage subscription channels) |
| 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
© Wine-Searcher
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.
Exact position on weinlagen.infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
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."
https://weinlagen-info.de/#bereich_id=58 Single vineyards on weinlagen-info James Suckling |
|
