Nose is mature, with a bit of lemon drop, mint and green, some shell and a bit of caramel. Palate is just great. Wow. Great grip - salty and lemon, explosive with a little wood. Finish is long and salty minerals with a kiss of wood - super long and delicious. My father and I bought 2 cases of various 00 Fevre Grand Crus on release from Premier Cru on release and are drinking them up now. We have found very few flawed bottles - maybe 20%. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Finish - 1.5/2 = 17.5-18/20.
Day 5: this has dropped off quite a bit and isn’t showing as well integrated as day 1.
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This bottle was somewhat advanced (my other bottle in 2000 was very fresh and very good). Nonetheless, it went down with oysters even though I enjoyed a 2015 Briords Muscadet considerably more.
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Pale to mid straw, green highlights. Sea spray, oyster shell and good minerality. Saline and fresh, quite chiselled on the palate with good limey cut. Long. Lovely, and really very good, just lacking a little persistence/oomph on the finish for absolutely top flight. Elegant and harmonious ious. ****1/2
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This has stepped up several gears since my previous bottle in 2011. An incredibly youthful colour, no more than pale to mid straw, still with gree; tinges. Very Chablis nose — all sea spray, oyster shell and. Similar on palate with a piercing minerality and salinity on the attack, GC weight and a cut of lime across the mid palate. Long. Just lacks the absolute persistence for top flight. Hard to believe this has been in the cellar for seventeen and a half years. ****1/2
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This was lovely right out of the gate. The nose sometimes had classic Chablis notes of minerals, shells and the sea, and other times showed rich White Burg notes of Lemon, Lemon drop, well integrated oak giving a little sweetness and depth, spice, a touch of butterscotch. Sometimes it had both and bordered on profound. The palate was similar, with lemons, spice, sweet oak, minerals. Mostly it had good mouthfeel and some decent acid, not amazing but good. I liked this significantly better than the 00 Les Clos, BUT coming back to it an hour later, it had warmed up a good deal and I immediately noticed some hints of TCA - I'm not particularly sensitive, but there is was. Just a tiny bit corked and I didn't see it on opening while cold. That first taste was probably a 17.5/20. Will try the other bottles.
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Decided to open this after reading a few reviews that this wine was a couple years passed its prime and was very pleasantly surprised when I pulled the cork. Still a very youthful fresh bottle at 19 years of age. Lemony, mineral, and shiny. There is a touch of tropical fruit present that I usually don't pick up with younger Chablis, possibly due to its age. A very good bottle of wine that I probably could have held onto for a few more years.
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Opened for dinner in DC. Planed our choices to pair well with the wine. Beautiful yellow color and great legs in the glass. On the nose there were typical Chablis notes of green apple and citrus but with age there was a complexity incorporating minerality and the smoothness of it's neighbors in the Cote d'Or. The palate provided a seamless transition from the nose amplifying everything special and augmented by a wonderful feeling in the mouth will well balanced residual tannins. All this persisted long after the wine was swallowed. I can imagine this wine to remain wonderful to drink for at least another 5 years or more.
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With Simon & Di at home. Lovely grainy rounded acidic Chablis, everything in place, only yielding in class to a wonderful Les Clos 2002 which preceded it. Perfect light green gold, not a trace of ox.
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thought this was fantastic - just short of 93/94 rating, opened and was happy that the color had not darkened a bit, boded well, then on the pnp i found it dilute but no oxidation, tiff said she tasted some caramel which to her said oxidation, with an hour to two hours in decanter it brightened up significantly and was really really good -- acid came forward and citrus fruit as well, excited to have my next / last bottle soon, i wouldn't wait on this one but if you have a well stored bottle it should be a great drink with 60 plus minuted of air
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Really stunning. I was a little afraid to open after reading some other notes. This bottle was fresh and delicious, not even yet at its peak I would say. The best Fevre of the vintage I would say.
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In decline. Lightly oxidized at this stage. Would be great if we caught this 5 years ago. Manages to offer a fair amount of smoke, fruit and salinity. Became slightly engaging with time.
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The nose is some river stones drizzled with honey. It if full, round and textured in the mouth. There is just a hint of fruit rind and manzanilla oxidation showing through but it doesn't detract from a wine drinking close to the top of it's game
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Ageing acceptably. Acid starting to fight the fruit a little, less balance than I would have expected at this stage of development. Serve lightly chilled. Decant?
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Pale to mid straw. Seaspray and oystershell on the nose, a touch of iodine. Similar on palate - minerally, positive attack, filling out a little across the mid-palate and finishing quite long and minerally. Proper chablis. Just about GC weight and intensity, but very good rather than stellar. Slips down easily. Bare ****
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Really lovely chablis. Poised, medium full, more about perfume than minerals. Excellent balance. More complex and ultimately more satisfying than the '00 Fevre Clos we compared to it.
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Pure, mineral and flint, classic chablis. A lovely blue cheese strain on the nose. Hard to believe this is only 100kms from the Corton-C we were drinking at the same time. Just beginning to open out and come into maturity.
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Straw yellow, with a lightening at the rim. No green tinge here...nose is white fruits and spring flowers, a touch of straw, a touch of the more exotic fruits. Started off more chardonnay than Chablis, but after about a half-hour minerality moved to the fore and leavened the ripe fruit. Delicious with food or on it's own, this was a delight to drink. Not even the slightest hint of Pox or other untoward events. Wish I had more. Bravo!
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1995 Bordeaux Showdown (Azuma): Delightful nose of flowers, minerals, honey and a touch of vanilla. The palate has great structure and balance, with fine acidity along its length leading into a long finish. One of the best Chablis I have tried this year, this will get better and I think be close to peaking over the next 5 years.
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The best Chardonnay I've ever tasted. Bouquet full of minerals, floral aromatics and oyster shells gives way to an intense yet elegant blast of citrus-tinged fruit. The finish just doesnt cease.
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Drank over a monthly dinner with the DP - Cantonese cuisine at The Cathay. This was an excellent example of top-end Chablis - elegant, well-defined and focused. Gold with green hues, melon / pear nose wrapped in clean oyster shell and flinty minerality. After some warming up, slight buttery, vanilla notes emerged. The fruit takes on slightly citrusy notes on the palate, again with a wonderful clean minerality. A long, long finished, 10, 20 seconds, and then a surprising flourish of fruit (green apple), before lingering enigmatically in the mouth. Good, fresh acid, great focus and impeccable balance thoughout - this was an extremely refined and well-delineated wine.
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12/7/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nose is mature, with a bit of lemon drop, mint and green, some shell and a bit of caramel. Palate is just great. Wow. Great grip - salty and lemon, explosive with a little wood. Finish is long and salty minerals with a kiss of wood - super long and delicious. My father and I bought 2 cases of various 00 Fevre Grand Crus on release from Premier Cru on release and are drinking them up now. We have found very few flawed bottles - maybe 20%. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Finish - 1.5/2 = 17.5-18/20.
Day 5: this has dropped off quite a bit and isn’t showing as well integrated as day 1.
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4/4/2022 - cweiss wrote:
This bottle was somewhat advanced (my other bottle in 2000 was very fresh and very good). Nonetheless, it went down with oysters even though I enjoyed a 2015 Briords Muscadet considerably more.
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3/12/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Small La Paulee pour from large formant. Age appropriate with clear Grand Cru density, but of caramel apple adding charm. Fresh enough.
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1/1/2021 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
Pale to mid straw, green highlights. Sea spray, oyster shell and good minerality. Saline and fresh, quite chiselled on the palate with good limey cut. Long. Lovely, and really very good, just lacking a little persistence/oomph on the finish for absolutely top flight. Elegant and harmonious ious. ****1/2
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7/24/2020 - cweiss Likes this wine:
Albert's Birthday. Excellent color and freshness. Very very good.
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12/26/2019 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
This has stepped up several gears since my previous bottle in 2011. An incredibly youthful colour, no more than pale to mid straw, still with gree; tinges. Very Chablis nose — all sea spray, oyster shell and. Similar on palate with a piercing minerality and salinity on the attack, GC weight and a cut of lime across the mid palate. Long. Just lacks the absolute persistence for top flight. Hard to believe this has been in the cellar for seventeen and a half years. ****1/2
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5/28/2019 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: flawed
This was lovely right out of the gate. The nose sometimes had classic Chablis notes of minerals, shells and the sea, and other times showed rich White Burg notes of Lemon, Lemon drop, well integrated oak giving a little sweetness and depth, spice, a touch of butterscotch. Sometimes it had both and bordered on profound. The palate was similar, with lemons, spice, sweet oak, minerals. Mostly it had good mouthfeel and some decent acid, not amazing but good. I liked this significantly better than the 00 Les Clos, BUT coming back to it an hour later, it had warmed up a good deal and I immediately noticed some hints of TCA - I'm not particularly sensitive, but there is was. Just a tiny bit corked and I didn't see it on opening while cold. That first taste was probably a 17.5/20. Will try the other bottles.
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3/6/2019 - PHollomon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decided to open this after reading a few reviews that this wine was a couple years passed its prime and was very pleasantly surprised when I pulled the cork. Still a very youthful fresh bottle at 19 years of age. Lemony, mineral, and shiny. There is a touch of tropical fruit present that I usually don't pick up with younger Chablis, possibly due to its age. A very good bottle of wine that I probably could have held onto for a few more years.
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1/27/2017 - MJR21401 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened for dinner in DC. Planed our choices to pair well with the wine. Beautiful yellow color and great legs in the glass. On the nose there were typical Chablis notes of green apple and citrus but with age there was a complexity incorporating minerality and the smoothness of it's neighbors in the Cote d'Or. The palate provided a seamless transition from the nose amplifying everything special and augmented by a wonderful feeling in the mouth will well balanced residual tannins. All this persisted long after the wine was swallowed. I can imagine this wine to remain wonderful to drink for at least another 5 years or more.
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11/13/2015 - Remony wrote: 93 Points
With Simon & Di at home. Lovely grainy rounded acidic Chablis, everything in place, only yielding in class to a wonderful Les Clos 2002 which preceded it. Perfect light green gold, not a trace of ox.
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6/12/2015 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
fantastic again, this performed well even from the pop and pour, tho better is it took in two hours of air, similar to my previous note
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4/25/2015 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
thought this was fantastic - just short of 93/94 rating, opened and was happy that the color had not darkened a bit, boded well, then on the pnp i found it dilute but no oxidation, tiff said she tasted some caramel which to her said oxidation, with an hour to two hours in decanter it brightened up significantly and was really really good -- acid came forward and citrus fruit as well, excited to have my next / last bottle soon, i wouldn't wait on this one but if you have a well stored bottle it should be a great drink with 60 plus minuted of air
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12/12/2013 - eromer Likes this wine: 95 Points
Really stunning. I was a little afraid to open after reading some other notes. This bottle was fresh and delicious, not even yet at its peak I would say. The best Fevre of the vintage I would say.
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12/5/2013 - essconsults wrote: flawed
PLEASE NOTE-I HAVE NEVER (SO FAR) HAD A NON-PREMOXED BOTTLE OF FEVRE FROM 2004 OR BEFORE!!!! HOW 'BOUT THAT!
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12/2/2013 - mattyboy_ wrote: 88 Points
In decline. Lightly oxidized at this stage. Would be great if we caught this 5 years ago. Manages to offer a fair amount of smoke, fruit and salinity. Became slightly engaging with time.
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4/8/2012 - Remony wrote: 92 Points
Two bottles with smoked salmon on Easter Sunday. Fine minerality, clean and well balanced, not a hint of ox or premox. Very very good.
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3/30/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
The nose is some river stones drizzled with honey. It if full, round and textured in the mouth. There is just a hint of fruit rind and manzanilla oxidation showing through but it doesn't detract from a wine drinking close to the top of it's game
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3/23/2012 - mavericksane wrote: 91 Points
Decanted both bottles immediately before serving, which helped reduce the acid impact. Much better than the first outing.
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3/10/2012 - mavericksane wrote: 90 Points
Ageing acceptably. Acid starting to fight the fruit a little, less balance than I would have expected at this stage of development. Serve lightly chilled. Decant?
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12/24/2011 - JOsgood wrote:
Excellent. Nicely aged with an attractive saline note on the mid palate and nose.
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12/24/2011 - the godfather wrote:
fantastic, so crisp and clean. Gorgeous perfume
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8/28/2011 - SimonG wrote:
Pale to mid straw. Seaspray and oystershell on the nose, a touch of iodine. Similar on palate - minerally, positive attack, filling out a little across the mid-palate and finishing quite long and minerally. Proper chablis. Just about GC weight and intensity, but very good rather than stellar. Slips down easily. Bare ****
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12/5/2010 - ghood wrote: 93 Points
Butterscotch, mineral, smoke. Very nice, but I would drink up now.
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6/21/2009 - spacewrangler wrote: 94 Points
Again beautiful, creamy and penetrating fruit.
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6/6/2009 - sdr wrote: 92 Points
Really lovely chablis. Poised, medium full, more about perfume than minerals. Excellent balance. More complex and ultimately more satisfying than the '00 Fevre Clos we compared to it.
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5/14/2009 - MLD11 wrote: 93 Points
Great wine. CLean balanced, slight butteriness but still savoury. At its peak I would say.
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5/4/2009 - abh wrote:
Pure, mineral and flint, classic chablis. A lovely blue cheese strain on the nose. Hard to believe this is only 100kms from the Corton-C we were drinking at the same time. Just beginning to open out and come into maturity.
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10/9/2008 - aerlith wrote: 94 Points
Straw yellow, with a lightening at the rim. No green tinge here...nose is white fruits and spring flowers, a touch of straw, a touch of the more exotic fruits. Started off more chardonnay than Chablis, but after about a half-hour minerality moved to the fore and leavened the ripe fruit. Delicious with food or on it's own, this was a delight to drink. Not even the slightest hint of Pox or other untoward events. Wish I had more. Bravo!
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6/4/2008 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
1995 Bordeaux Showdown (Azuma): Delightful nose of flowers, minerals, honey and a touch of vanilla. The palate has great structure and balance, with fine acidity along its length leading into a long finish. One of the best Chablis I have tried this year, this will get better and I think be close to peaking over the next 5 years.
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5/6/2008 - spacewrangler wrote: 96 Points
The best Chardonnay I've ever tasted. Bouquet full of minerals, floral aromatics and oyster shells gives way to an intense yet elegant blast of citrus-tinged fruit. The finish just doesnt cease.
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2/11/2008 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Drank over a monthly dinner with the DP - Cantonese cuisine at The Cathay. This was an excellent example of top-end Chablis - elegant, well-defined and focused. Gold with green hues, melon / pear nose wrapped in clean oyster shell and flinty minerality. After some warming up, slight buttery, vanilla notes emerged. The fruit takes on slightly citrusy notes on the palate, again with a wonderful clean minerality. A long, long finished, 10, 20 seconds, and then a surprising flourish of fruit (green apple), before lingering enigmatically in the mouth. Good, fresh acid, great focus and impeccable balance thoughout - this was an extremely refined and well-delineated wine.
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8/24/2007 - reichken wrote: 92 Points
drunk at home...very linear, had some toffee banana on the mouth, weighty white. like it would buy more
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