First Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): Served Blind. Herbs, slight volatility, savoury, slightly meaty notes, touches of wild ferment. Medium plus intensity acidity, lemon, tangy, lots of texture on the mid palate. I guessed Loire Chenin
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not sure what to make this: there was a certain astringency on opening that never really disappeared on the first night - strangely, much improved on the second night - more time?
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A bit underwhelmed by this. Well made of course, but on both nose and palate it’s mostly oak and yellow fruit, no real complexity, and only medium+ length. With some effort I find faint hints of saffron, white pepper. Acidity still quite high. Don’t know what more cellaring would mean for this, but I imagine it might achieve more nuance with 2-4 years more.
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Clearly exceeds my expectations ! Remarkable how it has developed since my first bottle in January 2015. Glass light straw. Few but rather swift tears. Low to medium intensity nose compared to my Rieslings. But for a Chablis, it's not bad at all. Green apple, quince (unripe on day 1, but riper by day 4), a little unripe honey melon, lemon, some white pepper and a touch of hay. Lactic notes from wood (if at all) are very toned down, but this is a Chablis.
Palate dry, acidic and tart, but not austere, light body and and superbly mineral, like licking fresh lemon juice off granite, nutmeg in the length, long and crisp. However there is also a wonderful illusion of sweetness in the development after arrival and before the finish that is fruit driven.
I think the wine is still very much alive and could easily be on its peak until next year. Of course, I wouldn't know because I had no bottle the past two or three years. But I can say it's better than in 2015.
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2012 W Fevre Chablis vs 2016 Malat Sex Una Tribus: - Direkt vor dem Probieren geöffnet - Farbe: beide mit geringer-mittlerer Farbtiefe. Fevre zitronengelb mit leichtem Grünstich. Malat ist weißer. Fast Strohgelb. - Geruch: Fevre mit mittlere Intensität. Malat gering. Fevre mit Quitte, Zitrone. Malat eher gelber Apfel und Brioche. - Geschmack: Fevre eher niedrige Säure. Eher schlanker Körper. Eher leicht. Zitrone. Grüner Apfel. Mittellanger Abgang. - Malat deutlich anders. Etwas Eiche. Noch nicht cremig aber etwas breiter. Fast mittlere Körper. Auch noch Säure. Etwas weniger. Eher gelber Apfel. Mittellanger Abgang. - Beide Weine okay aber nicht Champions League. Abgang und Komplexität fehlen. Erwartungsgemäß unterschiedlicher Stil.
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Clear and bright with a greenish glint. Citrus and gooseberry nose. In the mouth broad and quite weighty with a fresh attack. Lemon, with mineral core and a buttery generous finish. What’s not to like?
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Once again, I can taste and smell why I bought 5 of these. My last btl and such a killer Chablis! This is the AOC domaine bottling not, the widely available US Champs Royaux which is a solid value but not this good. This drinks more at the level of the MDT. We first enjoyed this from the list at Chateau Eze in Eze village high above the Cote Azur outdoors over lunch overlooking the sea with their outstanding tasting menu. Paid 55 euros. This estate fruit Chablis is a real gem and should be sought out. Still a beautiful pale green tinged color. Amazingly perfuse nose of the sea with classic Chablis stonyness and citrus flavors. The concentration, depth and intensity here is amazing for its lowly AOC level. There goes my 5th and last btl. Wish I had six more! What a fine send off! A modest 12.5%
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I have drank 19 of 24 bottles over the course of the last 18 months. The bottle tonight was the best yet. Finally showing something special for the price with some age. Glad I have a few left. Might be a good future benchmark for village Chablis. Don't touch for 2 years ...
Loved it tonight with sandwiches and a pontoon dinner picnic on stunning Jackson lake at the foot of the Tetons. Even at an elevated $32 retail price this is still a bargain. The Domaine is a decent step up from the ever good Champs Royoux. Nice vacation find chilled and ready to go tonight.
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This has a clean, citrus-based profile which has not a hair out of place but somehow doesn't quite express any part of itself with enough confidence to show true Chablis character. Just a little clinical in comparison to the other Fevre's I've tried but perfectly decent at this level and price (£9). Might be worth hanging on until 2016 for the next one.
Light yellow in color, this domaine-bottled Chablis flaunts a beautiful bouquet of white flowers, citrus, peaches and wet stones. On the palate, it is light-bodied, fresh and shows no alcoholic heat (12.5%). The flavors mirror the nose, with the addition of a subtle apricot component. In the middle it gains richness and the medium-length finish is crisp. Very impressive at this level. Drink now-2018.
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Will come back to this with my other bottle in 2016. [this part postponed till 2018]
Day 3, 1/27/2015: now I am getting it, this is getting better ! Nose 89-90, palate 88-89. Day 2, 1/26/2015: the 87 remains, this isn't getting better. Too bad, because it's an 88-89 nose in my opinion. Original note, 1/25/2015: Light straw and greenish glass, apple, grapefruit + minerality and distant banana nose, even some white pepper, no particular fruit on the palate, only acidity and minerality, and an ever so slight oaky vanilla touch. If you like such aromatic poverty at this price tag, this is your wine.
Otherwise not bad, but I get that level with my German whites at half the price, and they deliver more fun. I know that this Chablis will take a day or two to show what it has (therefore the 87 rating is not yet final), but I think this would lose pretty pitifully against my Rieslings of a similar price point. I can tell you right now that I won't buy again.
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Good but nothing special. A bit one dimensional and needing more minerals and acidity. Not in the class of the AOC Chablis from Pattes Loup or Dauvissat.
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The entry level Chablis from the famous William Fevre stable is light yellow with aromas of flowers, apple, oak. Fresh and crisp on the palate but not very long.
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Fresh, clean nose of lime oil, with hints of pineapple, passionfruit, and marzipan. Smooth, medium-bodied palate with mild flavours of mineral water, lemon, passionfruit, lime zest, and oyster.
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Some mild oak on the nose, hint of lemon, hint of minerals. Very mineral, if I may say so, there's sweet and sour lemon and saltiness. Acidity is medium.
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A private lunch (Restaurant Rules, London, UK): Supple and relatively ripe style, lovely oyster shell minerality, juicy acidity, attractive but serviceable rather than exciting. Not as impressive as earlier this year.
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The wine looks light gold colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is medium.
Very elegant bouquet, developing citrus, white-fleshed fruit and floral notes. Fresh and supple, the wine is marked by mineral notes that are typical of the appellation.
A step up from the Champs Royaux bottling. Clean and clear with a slightly closed nose of matchstick, lemon and green apple. Taste of saline, lemon curd, lime and green apple. Well integrated. Medium finish. One of my favorite village Chablis at a good QPR. After an hour or two really started to sing. Nose still closed but flavors are more bright on the palate.
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I like this wine just as much as I did a year ago at Michelin stared Chateau Eze's amazing terrace overlooking the stunning coast of France. I was afraid that perhaps the setting, food and service had given this wine a bump but I'm happy to report it really is one of the best AOC Chablis I've had. I like it much better than Dauvissat's at twice the price. This is exactly what Chablis should taste like and the quality here would give Fevre's MDT a run for its money. Paid $27 and worth it even though that's high for AOC Chablis. I have 3 more btls and will regret not owning a case I fear. A good step up from the more commonly found but also very good Royaux from negotient fruit. By the way this has that beautiful green tinged color in the glass.
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Medium body, bright golden – yellow color, aromatic, mainly citrus, melon notes and floral aroma, lemon and spices on the palate, mineral overtone on finish, long lemon finish, elegant and complex, balanced and structured, lovely refreshing acidity, very young, food friendly. Well associated with fish or sea food and sharp cheeses. Open half hour in advance. Serve 10º - 12º. Drink now and next two/three years.
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Henriot, Fevre, Bouchard tasting- Renegade Wines Santa Barbara, CA: Very light color. Aromas of mineral, peach blossom and lemon zest. A racy salinity on the palate, nicely textured, showing citrus zest, chalky mineralty and hints of spice. Nice presence throughout. Well done.
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2012 Chablis at Domaine William Fèvre: A refreshing, energetic wine with reasonable acidity. Citrus and white flowers on the nose, a big step up from the Petit Chablis, with better fruit and bigger structure.
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Society of Wine Educators Mini Conference, Singapore (Holiday Inn): Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium- intensity, with aromas of lemon-lime, ripe apricots and some surprising tropical pineapple. Hints of minerality. Youthful. On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium- alcohol, medium- body. Medium flavor intensity, with flavours of lemon-lime, ripe apricots and tropical pineapple, with some minerality. Medium- finish. Acceptable quality Chablis. Nice in a ripe kind of way, but not enough acidity and minerality to be a good classical Chablis.
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A private dinner (Restaurant Ciel Bleu **, Amsterdam, NL): Lightly oaked. A really lovely combination of ripe lime and lemon fruit, floral notes, crisp acidity, oyster shells, energetic and fresh, lovely bitters, good intensity and length. Punches well above its weight.
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Even though the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and 10% of it is aged in oak it manages to retain a clear minerality and fresh citric flavour, with just a hint of dairy-like acidity. Very clean on the palate.
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The 2012 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis is medium (+) pale straw in colour with a nose of orange peels, pineapples and fresh apricots. An entry of minerality with a slight spritz and a palate that displays pineapples and apricots. There's a slight backend rising acidity. Palatable but nothing exciting.
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This is the domaine bottling not, the lesser widely available in the US and cheaper Royoux. This drinks more at the level of the MDT. Purchased off the wine list this afternoon at Chateau Eze in Eze village high above the Cote Azur on their outdoor restaurant overlooking the sea with their outstanding tasting menu. Paid 55 euros. This estate fruit Chablis is a real gem and should be sought out. Pale green tinged color. Amazingly perfuse nose of the sea with classic Chablis stonyness and citrus flavors. This drinks way above it's grade and speaks very well of the 2012 vintage. A big step up from the common US Royoux.
Grapefruit fruit in the nose... very nice but very unusual. In the mouth it is grapefruit again - like a Sauv Blanc from Clear Lake California. Acid to last for a couple years.
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12/1/2021 - chatters wrote:
First Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): Served Blind.
Herbs, slight volatility, savoury, slightly meaty notes, touches of wild ferment. Medium plus intensity acidity, lemon, tangy, lots of texture on the mid palate.
I guessed Loire Chenin
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10/10/2021 - hargy Likes this wine: 88 Points
not sure what to make this: there was a certain astringency on opening that never really disappeared on the first night - strangely, much improved on the second night - more time?
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8/2/2020 - Krassens Likes this wine: 88 Points
A bit underwhelmed by this. Well made of course, but on both nose and palate it’s mostly oak and yellow fruit, no real complexity, and only medium+ length. With some effort I find faint hints of saffron, white pepper. Acidity still quite high. Don’t know what more cellaring would mean for this, but I imagine it might achieve more nuance with 2-4 years more.
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11/29/2019 - Soteriologist wrote: 91 Points
Clearly exceeds my expectations ! Remarkable how it has developed since my first bottle in January 2015. Glass light straw. Few but rather swift tears. Low to medium intensity nose compared to my Rieslings. But for a Chablis, it's not bad at all. Green apple, quince (unripe on day 1, but riper by day 4), a little unripe honey melon, lemon, some white pepper and a touch of hay. Lactic notes from wood (if at all) are very toned down, but this is a Chablis.
Palate dry, acidic and tart, but not austere, light body and and superbly mineral, like licking fresh lemon juice off granite, nutmeg in the length, long and crisp. However there is also a wonderful illusion of sweetness in the development after arrival and before the finish that is fruit driven.
I think the wine is still very much alive and could easily be on its peak until next year. Of course, I wouldn't know because I had no bottle the past two or three years. But I can say it's better than in 2015.
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8/17/2019 - s******n wrote: 90 Points
2012 W Fevre Chablis vs 2016 Malat Sex Una Tribus:
- Direkt vor dem Probieren geöffnet
- Farbe: beide mit geringer-mittlerer Farbtiefe. Fevre zitronengelb mit leichtem Grünstich. Malat ist weißer. Fast Strohgelb.
- Geruch: Fevre mit mittlere Intensität. Malat gering. Fevre mit Quitte, Zitrone. Malat eher gelber Apfel und Brioche.
- Geschmack: Fevre eher niedrige Säure. Eher schlanker Körper. Eher leicht. Zitrone. Grüner Apfel. Mittellanger Abgang.
- Malat deutlich anders. Etwas Eiche. Noch nicht cremig aber etwas breiter. Fast mittlere Körper. Auch noch Säure. Etwas weniger. Eher gelber Apfel. Mittellanger Abgang.
- Beide Weine okay aber nicht Champions League. Abgang und Komplexität fehlen. Erwartungsgemäß unterschiedlicher Stil.
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7/6/2019 - OneForTheStairs Likes this wine:
Good. Wonderful value.
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6/28/2019 - OneForTheStairs wrote:
Clear and bright with a greenish glint. Citrus and gooseberry nose. In the mouth broad and quite weighty with a fresh attack. Lemon, with mineral core and a buttery generous finish. What’s not to like?
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9/7/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Once again, I can taste and smell why I bought 5 of these. My last btl and such a killer Chablis! This is the AOC domaine bottling not, the widely available US Champs Royaux which is a solid value but not this good. This drinks more at the level of the MDT. We first enjoyed this from the list at Chateau Eze in Eze village high above the Cote Azur outdoors over lunch overlooking the sea with their outstanding tasting menu. Paid 55 euros. This estate fruit Chablis is a real gem and should be sought out. Still a beautiful pale green tinged color. Amazingly perfuse nose of the sea with classic Chablis stonyness and citrus flavors. The concentration, depth and intensity here is amazing for its lowly AOC level. There goes my 5th and last btl. Wish I had six more! What a fine send off! A modest 12.5%
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9/1/2016 - Will Devize wrote: 89 Points
This is now ready. Plenty of oyster shell minerality and a touch of lemon curd on the backend. Broad with good tension from fine chalky backbone.
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7/1/2016 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
Absolutely love Champs Royaux for $17. This is a worth while step up in concentration, intensity and minerallity. Paid $27 a while back locally.
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3/14/2016 - dgkula wrote: 90 Points
I have drank 19 of 24 bottles over the course of the last 18 months. The bottle tonight was the best yet. Finally showing something special for the price with some age. Glad I have a few left. Might be a good future benchmark for village Chablis. Don't touch for 2 years ...
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8/29/2015 - galewskj wrote: 86 Points
Round honeydew melon on the nose. A touch of petrol and fruit sweetness. A nice picnic wine.
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7/12/2015 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
Loved it tonight with sandwiches and a pontoon dinner picnic on stunning Jackson lake at the foot of the Tetons. Even at an elevated $32 retail price this is still a bargain. The Domaine is a decent step up from the ever good Champs Royoux. Nice vacation find chilled and ready to go tonight.
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3/31/2015 - swayzeeee wrote: 90 Points
This is still quite young and takes a while to come together. A few hours after opening: harmonious, lush, superb.
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3/29/2015 - Will Devize wrote: 87 Points
This has a clean, citrus-based profile which has not a hair out of place but somehow doesn't quite express any part of itself with enough confidence to show true Chablis character. Just a little clinical in comparison to the other Fevre's I've tried but perfectly decent at this level and price (£9). Might be worth hanging on until 2016 for the next one.
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3/16/2015 - gilrbo wrote:
Did not give it much attention, but very sharp, steely wine.
It's been drunk very fast...
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2/16/2015 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 89 Points
Light yellow in color, this domaine-bottled Chablis flaunts a beautiful bouquet of white flowers, citrus, peaches and wet stones. On the palate, it is light-bodied, fresh and shows no alcoholic heat (12.5%). The flavors mirror the nose, with the addition of a subtle apricot component. In the middle it gains richness and the medium-length finish is crisp. Very impressive at this level. Drink now-2018.
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1/25/2015 - Soteriologist wrote: 89 Points
Will come back to this with my other bottle in 2016. [this part postponed till 2018]
Day 3, 1/27/2015: now I am getting it, this is getting better ! Nose 89-90, palate 88-89.
Day 2, 1/26/2015: the 87 remains, this isn't getting better. Too bad, because it's an 88-89 nose in my opinion.
Original note, 1/25/2015: Light straw and greenish glass, apple, grapefruit + minerality and distant banana nose, even some white pepper, no particular fruit on the palate, only acidity and minerality, and an ever so slight oaky vanilla touch. If you like such aromatic poverty at this price tag, this is your wine.
Otherwise not bad, but I get that level with my German whites at half the price, and they deliver more fun. I know that this Chablis will take a day or two to show what it has (therefore the 87 rating is not yet final), but I think this would lose pretty pitifully against my Rieslings of a similar price point. I can tell you right now that I won't buy again.
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1/18/2015 - JOsgood wrote: 87 Points
Good but nothing special. A bit one dimensional and needing more minerals and acidity. Not in the class of the AOC Chablis from Pattes Loup or Dauvissat.
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1/14/2015 - swayzeeee wrote: 90 Points
Fresh and vibrant. Lively.
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12/5/2014 - Collector1855 wrote: 88 Points
The entry level Chablis from the famous William Fevre stable is light yellow with aromas of flowers, apple, oak. Fresh and crisp on the palate but not very long.
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12/1/2014 - Drinking Trees wrote:
Fresh, clean nose of lime oil, with hints of pineapple, passionfruit, and marzipan. Smooth, medium-bodied palate with mild flavours of mineral water, lemon, passionfruit, lime zest, and oyster.
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11/28/2014 - AV2012 wrote: 88 Points
Some mild oak on the nose, hint of lemon, hint of minerals. Very mineral, if I may say so, there's sweet and sour lemon and saltiness. Acidity is medium.
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11/16/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 88 Points
A private lunch (Restaurant Rules, London, UK): Supple and relatively ripe style, lovely oyster shell minerality, juicy acidity, attractive but serviceable rather than exciting. Not as impressive as earlier this year.
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11/1/2014 - Paul Benigeri Likes this wine: 90 Points
The wine looks light gold colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is medium.
Very elegant bouquet, developing citrus, white-fleshed fruit and floral notes. Fresh and supple, the wine is marked by mineral notes that are typical of the appellation.
Food pairing: Oysters, seafood, grilled fish, light-to-medium-flavoured courses.
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9/28/2014 - jorivesud wrote: 89 Points
Jaune paille.
Nez minérale, petits cailloux, un peu de miel.
En bouche, acidité bien présente, longueur moyenne, petits cailloux.
Très bien.
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9/22/2014 - Lexsolis Likes this wine: 88 Points
Tasting @ Fevre in Chablis
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9/13/2014 - dgkula wrote: 89 Points
A step up from the Champs Royaux bottling. Clean and clear with a slightly closed nose of matchstick, lemon and green apple. Taste of saline, lemon curd, lime and green apple. Well integrated. Medium finish. One of my favorite village Chablis at a good QPR. After an hour or two really started to sing. Nose still closed but flavors are more bright on the palate.
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9/6/2014 - Mike76 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Fresh, immediate... very good appetizer wine.
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8/24/2014 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
I like this wine just as much as I did a year ago at Michelin stared Chateau Eze's amazing terrace overlooking the stunning coast of France. I was afraid that perhaps the setting, food and service had given this wine a bump but I'm happy to report it really is one of the best AOC Chablis I've had. I like it much better than Dauvissat's at twice the price. This is exactly what Chablis should taste like and the quality here would give Fevre's MDT a run for its money. Paid $27 and worth it even though that's high for AOC Chablis. I have 3 more btls and will regret not owning a case I fear. A good step up from the more commonly found but also very good Royaux from negotient fruit. By the way this has that beautiful green tinged color in the glass.
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8/7/2014 - jellisaa wrote: 87 Points
Decant for a while. Nice acidity and minerality, relatively big structure. Pairs good with salmon etc.
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7/16/2014 - captdantheman wrote: 80 Points
Decent choice for a Chablis
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7/3/2014 - vlzat wrote: 89 Points
Medium body, bright golden – yellow color, aromatic, mainly citrus, melon notes and floral aroma, lemon and spices on the palate, mineral overtone on finish, long lemon finish, elegant and complex, balanced and structured, lovely refreshing acidity, very young, food friendly. Well associated with fish or sea food and sharp cheeses. Open half hour in advance. Serve 10º - 12º. Drink now and next two/three years.
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6/26/2014 - MattMauldin Likes this wine:
Henriot, Fevre, Bouchard tasting- Renegade Wines Santa Barbara, CA: Very light color. Aromas of mineral, peach blossom and lemon zest. A racy salinity on the palate, nicely textured, showing citrus zest, chalky mineralty and hints of spice. Nice presence throughout. Well done.
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6/16/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:
2012 Chablis at Domaine William Fèvre: A refreshing, energetic wine with reasonable acidity. Citrus and white flowers on the nose, a big step up from the Petit Chablis, with better fruit and bigger structure.
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6/11/2014 - Pvinbrock wrote: 88 Points
Good not great.
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6/5/2014 - Derek Darth Taster wrote:
Society of Wine Educators Mini Conference, Singapore (Holiday Inn): Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium- intensity, with aromas of lemon-lime, ripe apricots and some surprising tropical pineapple. Hints of minerality. Youthful.
On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium- alcohol, medium- body. Medium flavor intensity, with flavours of lemon-lime, ripe apricots and tropical pineapple, with some minerality. Medium- finish.
Acceptable quality Chablis. Nice in a ripe kind of way, but not enough acidity and minerality to be a good classical Chablis.
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5/1/2014 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Good crisp acidity and mainly citrus (lemon) on the nose/palate. Not so many floral notes.
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2/17/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
A private dinner (Restaurant Ciel Bleu **, Amsterdam, NL): Lightly oaked. A really lovely combination of ripe lime and lemon fruit, floral notes, crisp acidity, oyster shells, energetic and fresh, lovely bitters, good intensity and length. Punches well above its weight.
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2/6/2014 - The years of the grape Likes this wine: 88 Points
Even though the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and 10% of it is aged in oak it manages to retain a clear minerality and fresh citric flavour, with just a hint of dairy-like acidity. Very clean on the palate.
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10/18/2013 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 86 Points
The 2012 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis is medium (+) pale straw in colour with a nose of orange peels, pineapples and fresh apricots. An entry of minerality with a slight spritz and a palate that displays pineapples and apricots. There's a slight backend rising acidity. Palatable but nothing exciting.
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9/12/2013 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
This is the domaine bottling not, the lesser widely available in the US and cheaper Royoux. This drinks more at the level of the MDT. Purchased off the wine list this afternoon at Chateau Eze in Eze village high above the Cote Azur on their outdoor restaurant overlooking the sea with their outstanding tasting menu. Paid 55 euros. This estate fruit Chablis is a real gem and should be sought out. Pale green tinged color. Amazingly perfuse nose of the sea with classic Chablis stonyness and citrus flavors. This drinks way above it's grade and speaks very well of the 2012 vintage. A big step up from the common US Royoux.
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6/4/2013 - KVM wrote: 86 Points
Grapefruit fruit in the nose... very nice but very unusual. In the mouth it is grapefruit again - like a Sauv Blanc from Clear Lake California. Acid to last for a couple years.
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