July 28, 2023 - This 'lost cellar' wine opened well with an evolved mostly gold colour and a lovely nose of lemon, white nectarine, green apples, boiled sweets and hay. The palate was well structured with that touch of richness but still with plenty of grip and minerality providing length and character. There were finishing touches of honey and caramel consistent with maturity but overall this had plenty of Chablis freshness.
July 14, 2022 - Burgundy Dinner with Friends (S.K.Y. Restaurant - Chicago IL): Lots of ripe apple and pear, still wonderfully fresh for its age, especially from this challenging vintage. Very good Grand Cru density with a bright lift on its long finish.
November 5, 2021 - Siggy Turns "Fitty": The Big 5-0 Blowout! (Spoon & Stable, Mpls, MN): Small taste. Steel and limestone, vigorous, brilliant acidity, bold apple and citrus with stone fruit underpinnings and floral notes. Great bottle, still incredibly youthful tonight. Thanks Brad.
July 2, 2021 - Appearance: medium gold.
Nose: medium plus intensity; aromas of honey, pastry, dry fig, sour dough, dry apricot, lanolin, mineral, lemon custard, creamy. It’s fully developed.
Palate: dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium body, medium plus flavour intensity, a little saline come through. The finish is long.
Overall, it’s a very good wine. Drink now! Past its peak.
This bottle has past its peak. Whilst the flavour is still intense with lingering length, there’s barely any fresh fruit. The tertiary notes are dominant here. It’s interesting to see the difference in the stage of development because the 2004 Valmur I had a few months ago was still fresh, lively and mouthwatering. Thought 05 should be a long runner but certainly not for this bottle.
October 7, 2020 - **** This is fabulous, everything Chablis should be. (But seriously, buyer beware. I think I had a case; last three totally oxidized....I only opened this one on a lark! And the other pre-mox bottles were bad five years ago.) Great light hay color. Nose has stone, and light flower, butter and lime zest. Big full bodied palate, bigger than what I think of in Chablis. But really good balance of big fruit with lingering acidity. Really superb. Wish I could drink this again. (But how do you weigh that against most bottles being crap?)
This bottle was a 95, easy.
August 6, 2020 - Still drinking extremely well.
No signs of premox or any other form of deterioration.
classic Chablis grand cru from a ripe vintage.
You get the full saline, mineral character expected with sufficient acidity to keep the tension in the wine and a rich texture. Can't ask for more....
Great value.
Drink over the next few years. No hurry.
March 23, 2019 - Tasted blind. Quite buttery in a good way, balanced, notes of yellow peach. Fully resolved oak. Rather fat and not Chablis like but a nice wine nonetheless.
October 4, 2018 - Gareth’s ‘40th’ (La Trompette): Initially slightly more evolved than Clos bottle 1, but with ten minutes of air it tightens its belt and slims up nicely to show a taut, lithe frame. Fresher, more typically Chablis. A saline grateing quality to the finish. Longer and more linear. Finally eclipsed by bottle
2 of the Clos that demonstrates the ideal to which Chablis aspires. ****1/2
August 29, 2018 - Showed very well. When the Fevres of this era aren't premoxed, they're great. This was classic grand cru Chablis, with great depth, iodine and seashells, and yellow fruit notes that showed the vintage a touch but still fresh. Very pleasing. Good bottles have a few years of prime drinking ahead, but don't think this is worth holding past 2022 or so.
August 18, 2018 - This showed more like I would expect. Rich texture and showing some age, but still has the chalkiness and bright tart citrus fruit in the mid-palate to make it work well with oysters. I've had some trouble with these 05 Fevre's as have others, but finally a delicious bottle.