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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 71 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by acyso on 4/12/2024 & rated 93 points: Raveneau MdT and Chapelot (Chicago, IL): Man, I really didn't like this bottle when it was originally released, and I passed on buying it. What a clown. It took a while for this to really shape up, but by the end of the dinner, this came off like a good bottle of Keller. Initially, fat and rich, as I remembered it, but with more minerality and acidity, and more shapely than the bottle many years ago. And it just tightened up more and more over the course of the night. Splendid stuff. Oh, the woeful mistakes of youth. (493 views) | | | Tasted by Jonathanmustang on 2/16/2024 & rated 91 points: Nez discret sur les coquillages, le citron, fruits de la passion
Bouche fraiche, beaucoup plus puissante que le nez, fruits interessant, finale un peu acide
Bien mais a carafer ou ouvrir à l’avance (558 views) | | | Tasted by henryd1 on 12/25/2023 & rated 93 points: Purchased at Malleval in Lyon for about 45 euros, though I see it's worth a lot more now. Drunk with Christmas turkey. My first Raveneau. Incredible mouthfeel. Not in the minerallly style I've had in the past, with a lovely mixture of apple, white fruit and acidity. I would have guessed Puligny, had I had it blind. Excellent. (640 views) | | | Tasted by LW31 on 9/22/2023 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured. A lovely fruit forward Montee in this riper year. But impeccable balance as ever and lovely brightness on the finish. Maybe best in 3-5 years. And don’t serve too cold or you’ll miss the fabulous texture. (1020 views) | | | Tasted by nmmnori on 7/22/2023 & rated 93 points: Not sure how or at what point in the evening this was opened, but it appeared in my glass at some point and I did not object!
Lovely wine with the acidity and minerality of Chablis, but with the richness and fruit of Raveneau. This was still very fresh and not showing any signs of oxidation. Would have guessed younger if blinded. Maybe even worth decanting! (1296 views) | | | Tasted by goodvitis.com on 7/4/2023 & rated 94 points: The nose wafts lemon curd, white tea, orange blossom, tangerine, apricot, and sea stone minerality. Medium bodied with lush, slightly sweet acid that delivers decent verve and a fair amount of minerality, but no twitch. The minerality is for real, but it battles with the opulence of the vintage that prevents true harmony. As others have noted, the vintage really dominates this wine. Flavors include sweet oak, lemon and lime aids, tangerine, flint, touch of oyster juice, white pepper, and Marcona almond. This is quite good, but not great. It’s got the acid and substance to age longer, I’d be curious to try this again in five years when I wonder if the oak will pull back a bit and let the minerality generate real typicity. (1228 views) | | | Tasted by vinum bonum on 6/22/2023 & rated 95 points: Une grosse claque, fabuleux dans un style qui conjugue maturité et tension à un niveau parfait. L'élevage est super discret, intégré, mais donne des touches de fumé. Le nez changeant s'ouvre par un léger lactique qui disparaîtra vite pour s'épanouir sur un chardo bourguignon classieux, rien d'ostentatoire, mais c'est profond, avec l'air le citron jaune arrive, vraiment très beau. La bouche est superlative par le volume bien présent, la finale sur l'acidité mûre salivante, c'est l'un des plus beaux blancs bus ces derniers temps, et il est à l'aube de sa vie (mais parfaitement approchable). (1213 views) | | | Tasted by Mbad77 on 9/11/2022 & rated 93 points: On opening there was a real feeling of marine / coastal notes, though this eased up later.
Just a touch of oak and soft creamy mid
Finish has some sharpness and wrap
Very good - not too Chablis :) (2240 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 5/27/2022 & rated 92 points: Raveneau's 2012 Montée de Tonnerre has never shown much evolution or aromatic complexity, rather relaying on an impressive density of minerality (par for the course with this cru) and fruit (rather unlike MdT) with a profile of lemon oil, jasmine, and crushed stone. Medium light in body, finishing with sharp citrus tones. Always a pleasure but not my favorite Raveneau MdT vintage. (2555 views) | | | Tasted by HowardNZ on 12/28/2021 & rated 94 points: 2019 Visit to North Canterbury, NZ: Mark served this excellent Chablis, drinking in the zone, of Grand Cru quality, in my view. Deep gold colour. Lovely waxy, lemon oil, pear, honeycomb, wet limestone and jasmine perfumes. Beautiful aromatics. On palate, deep, rich and opulent. Sparkling acidity provided focus and balance. Classic wet oyster shell. Body and power. Finishing long on salty minerality. Seemingly at a peak but I would expect it to drink at this level until at least 2029. (3173 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 12/10/2021 & rated 93 points: More intergrated now. Seeet, hue of reduction, classic Raveneau. 93-94 (2745 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 11/20/2021 & rated 93 points: JK's 50th Birthday: Magnum, amazing balance today, layered, electric fruit. 93+ (3245 views) | | | Tasted by Xavier Auerbach on 9/23/2021 & rated 92 points: Sjaak's 40th birthday dinner (Groot-Ammers, Netherlands): Jasmin and candy corn on the nose, creamy lemon and oyster shell; relatively ripe and full-bodied in style, on the softer side, gentle bitters, good length. Completely ready. (3140 views) | | | Tasted by Beachfan on 9/16/2021 & rated 95 points: Chablis and fireworks!! (2288 views) | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 6/2/2021: pretty lean, but good... maybe too early?... benefitted from the long decant but still a little muted (2417 views) | | | Tasted by finediningnyc on 4/8/2021 & rated 94 points: Quintessential Rav. Dry yellow extract, crushed seashell, MDT power, bracing acidity. Open for biz after 3 hour decant, and consumed for an additional 2. (2436 views) | | | Tasted by finediningnyc on 2/18/2021 & rated 94 points: Sushi BYO. Was bought in Champagne in the fall of 2019. 5 hour decant yielded what was a classic MDT. Love the crystalline minerality, nerve and power of the vintage supporting signature MDT depth and concentration. (2569 views) | | | Tasted by Alex G. on 1/29/2021: DRC GE Lunch: Served blind and embarrassingly I had no clue what it was. Neither did anyone else at the table. So strange because normally Raveneau has a signature, in fact one of my favorite signatures in all of Burgundy. There was intense salinity on the long finish. A very good, if atypical, wine that was outmatched by the '14 Colin-Deleger Chevalier today. (2649 views) | | | Tasted by Mazy on 1/23/2021 & rated 93 points: PNP non carafé. Le nez est envoûtant, sur des notes marines et des notes de fruits blancs du verger. En bouche, c’est clairement un vin de texture, avec une impression tactile qu’il a de la mâche, qu’on doit mordre dedans! Une belle complexité, il change en cours d’aération, avec une pointe d’amertume en milieu de bouche qui disparaît avec l’aération, et une belle finale saline. Un vin qui porte à la réflexion, à l’introspection. Il mériterait un point de plus sur un millésime plus lumineux. (2729 views) | | | Tasted by JJYoyo on 5/12/2020 & rated 91 points: After the very ripe taste of the 2010 edition, this was much more classic Chablis in character. Reticent nose of steel, lemon, tart apple. Good salinity. Taste was strangely monolithic apple/ lemon. Maybe too young?
Score: 91. Relative to expectations: - (3504 views) | | | Tasted by Jammy Wine on 2/15/2020 & rated 92 points: In my opinion, 2012 Chablis is better than 2012 Cote de Beaune whites. There is a good level of richness and well balanced acidity found in 2012 Chablis, whereas some 2012 Cote de Beaune whites are overripe. Tasted blind – A gorgeous nose of reductive bright citrus fruits and smoky minerals. Underneath the layer of reduction is a generous array buttery oak toast and ripe and waxy tree fruit. Medium bodied, 1er cru weight. Sea shell. Good ripeness, some heat on the palate. A great producer. A cult produer from Chassagne Montrachet? (92/100) (3488 views) | | | Tasted by BenBlu on 1/31/2020 & rated 93 points: Burgundy best of village blind (La Trompette (London)): I like Montee Tonerre and it is probably my favorite 1er cru from Raveneau. This was another example of a great Chablis. Very good concentration, lovely melt in the mouth. This stood up well to all the other lauded white Burg producers to follow that night (3x Coche Meursault, 2x Vogue Bourgogne blanc and 1x Ente Meursault). So in that context big thumbs up. (3306 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 1/21/2020 & rated 92 points: Midrange bottle. Not particularly advanced and yet the profile of this bottle suggested it would not be one to sit on forever. (2970 views) | | | Tasted by dvansteenderen on 1/1/2020 & rated 94 points: A lunch in Belgium to celebrate the New Year in style. Consistent with previous note(s)! (2956 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 12/25/2019 & rated 92 points: Dense lemon, white flower, and discrete honey. On the palate there's a pleasing mix of zesty citrus and honeyed tones. Long, persist finish. The 2012 Montée de Tonnerre is pretty and ready to drink. (2426 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)
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Burghound, Oct-14, Issue #56
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Vinous, 2013 Chablis: Living on the Edge (Aug 2014)
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View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2013, Issue #48, The Brilliant 2012 Burgundy Vintage: The Extremely Low Yields Produce Stunning Beauty
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Burghound, October 2013, Issue #52
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Vinous, Chablis 2012: Energy, Power and Class (Aug 2013)
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Vinous, July/August 2013, IWC Issue #169
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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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