May 29, 2023 - Seven (7) years since last visited. P-n-P. & consumed over two (2) nights. Pale lemon color with greenish hue. Green apple, lemon, lime zest & white flowers prevail set upon chalky base. Nimble on the palate retaining active acidity to counter abundant fruit. Gives way to long hi-saline finish. Delicious now but still comes off rather reticent needing several hours to fully unveil. Will be interesting to visit 5-10 years from now.
April 3, 2023 - As sharp as the day it was bottled, I imagine. This wine has lemon, green apple, and limestone all over it, and it is tight, tart, and focused. It finishes with a touch of tropical fruit and then a subtle bit of baked apple and blue cheese lingering at the end just to let you know there's been some development after 10+ years.
January 2, 2023 - From magnum. I have been skeptical towards the wines of domaine Fevre over the last decade. They just never seem to age, and they are just hard and unwelcoming. But maybe this is because we are drinking these wines too early. This bottle may be proof of that. Although it still is very young in color - almost watery, but with green brilliance - the nose has evolved to include some fascinating tones of vanilla and tropical fruit in addition to the classic notes of lemon, green apples, and a hint of salt and oyster. Medium attack on the palate, the wine explodes in a rainbow of citrus flavors on the mid-palate, and leaves some sweeter fruit tone on the finish. Very long, sits for a minute or more. Searing acidity dominates the finish, so this is clearly a wine that could benefit from 5-10 years more of age (in magnum). Good now at ten years of age, but not a wine to buy if you plan to drink your Chablis early.
October 8, 2022 - Little over 4yrs since my last. Coming together but still a brooding intense mineral dominated Chablis w/ classic salinity, lemon, green apple and other harmonics just outside of my limited descriptor vocabulary. I'd love to have had a '12 Fevre Clos alongside to see if I could tell the difference? This wine is squarely in Grand Crew territory. So much intensity & concentration! Still light color and likely to improve and perhaps relax a bit more with age. If, it will just uncoil a bit more it would easily be a 95+ wine. If, I had another btl I'd wait till 2027+. One of my most impressive Fevre MdTs ever! 93+
October 3, 2022 - A tasting of three grand crus (clos, preuses, vaudesir 2010) and two 1er crus (montee de tonnere and vaulorent 2012). This is still too young. Marked by a reductive note of flint and matchsticks when opened. Takes a long time to open to chalky tones underlined by citrus and green apples. Medium bodied, not giving very much except for citrus and chalk. The aftertaste is almost a bit tannic, and provides exciting tones of licorice and mint. Long and acidic aftertaste with lots of chalky tones. Not a very easy drinking wine, to be honest. Is this ten years too young, or is this just the style?
July 31, 2022 - This was the last of my 6 bottles, served to friends over lunch to accompany dressed lobster. We all agreed this is a good premier cru chablis which has held its 10 years well. Plenty of fruit, lemon, and good length on the finish. But don't keep any longer.
July 13, 2022 - Pale gold color. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 90 minutes. Loaded with ocean aromas and brine galore, lemon, and white flowers. Very tart on the palate, very briny, lemon, lemon peel, oyster shells, clean with intense dry citrus extract and limestone. Bold, drinking well. 92+pts.
May 5, 2021 - Drunk to accompany John Dory fish. Still fresh, plenty of lemon on the nose and palate. Smooth, medium length. Good overall. Drink up.
March 8, 2021 - L'évaluation tient compte du prix.
À l'ouverture, nez discret, levure, fouin mouillé et ces notes soufrées auxquelles je suis très sensibles et que je n'apprécie pas.
En bouche, le vin a de la mâche, il est onctueux, l'acidité est moyenne à faible, assez atypique dans un Chablis, fruit exotique ananas mûre, ce qui correspondrait à la transformation d'un bon taux de cystéine que l'on retrouve habituellement dans le Sauvignon.
Persistance moyenne avec une aciditié qui se percoit maintenant sur la finale.
Je suis perplexe devant ce vin d'une appelation que j'aprécie et d'un producteur de grande renommé...
August 30, 2020 - Tasted over 2 hrs
-translucent pale yellow
-intensely lemon expressive Chablis funk
-med/med+ acidity, med/med- weight sophisticated mineral lemon that is no longer exuberant, good length
-excellent Chablis typicity, very good but not as complex or complete as one would hope for a '12 MdT though it is consistent with other vintages as, unlike with most other producers, it is often not the star 1er Cru in the otherwise brilliant Fevre stable