2020 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte Bouguerots

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Enricaccio Likes this wine:

92 Points

Tuesday, November 15, 2022 - After three bottles of the 2008 that I sent back to the supplier because of premox, I opened this bottle with some trepidation. Pale yellow / straw color, light body, low+ acidity, nose of citrus, lemon grass, apple, flowers. The palate is more flowers, some apricot and a nutty / walnut finish. In my opinion, this is not a great representation of Burgundy; it's a well balanced wine, but it's missing the steely minerality of a Puligny-Montrachet or the layers of a Chassagne-Montrachet. Not really Grand Cru material. For the price, Burgundy can do better.

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Comment posted by SARED:

11/15/2022 7:07:00 PM - Have they moved to DIAM?
Comment posted by Enricaccio:

11/15/2022 7:48:00 PM - I am not sure, I didn't check the 2020 cork; I assumed it was good old premox on the 2008; tasting the 2020 I had the impression this is not a wine that's going to age well.
Comment posted by tward:

12/15/2022 10:22:00 AM - I try not to demand from Chablis similar profiles to wines found elsewhere in Burgundy in no small part because Chablis is geographically separated. "Burgundy" as a wine region is a name, boundaries made by man. Nothing more. I've also not found Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet Grand Crus priced these days in the low-$100 USDs!
Comment posted by Enricaccio:

12/15/2022 10:36:00 AM - Tward, I agree completely; Chablis is just a different wine, but I was still expecting a bit more from this. You won’t find Montrachet Grand Cru for less than $500, but you can find 1er Cru that are excellent for $150; the distinction between Grand Cru and 1er Cru is also man-made and often very subjective!
Comment posted by tward:

12/15/2022 10:42:00 AM - Indeed. I need to be better educated as to certain 1er Crus that perform at the top of the range, surpassing Grand Crus in some instances. Changes in growing conditions during the past few decades are also stressing the classifications which were developed when cooler weather prevailed (and, of course, much politics was involved beside).