1990 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 93.9 points

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  2/16/2022 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points

  Tasted blind, this wine had a medium deep yellow center and clear rims. The medium intensity nose was tight at first and eventually revealed apples, oyster shell, honey, and dried apricot notes.
  
  In the mouth, this wine was rich and ripe with lovely balance and great acidity. It had a sauvignon blanc type demeanor.
  
  I have had a lot of variation with this wine and it is unclear as to why. This bottle still tasted quite young and undeveloped. It would have improved with more are or another 5 years in the cellar. The average bottle is probably in the 95 point range.

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  10/10/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points

  From magnum. Still holding in there with rounded citrus notes and some salinity. However, losing some of its definition even in this format.

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  8/13/2019 - fclarity wrote: 96 Points

  From a bottle purchased on release, this wine had a deep yellow center and clear rims. The high- intensity nose blasted honey suckle, marzipan, white stone, and lemon.
  
  In the mouth, this was rich and ripe with huge acidity and outstanding length.
  
  This was clearly of Grand Cru quality. While arguably 95 points, this was perfectly ready and so good, I am going to go 96. There are not a lot of wines more pleasurable than a perfectly stored bottle of this 1990. Enjoy!

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  7/16/2019 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 94 Points

  While an experienced Raveneau taster believed that the wine was advanced due to the darker colour and the muted nose, it tasted fine to me. Initially fat and oily but it bursted out with corn, coffee beans, marpizan, and grilled nuts while emerging acidity flowed through. Good complexity and depth with the precise amount of secondary note for my palate. It really took a few hours of air to come around.

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  5/31/2019 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 94 Points

  It took a good 2 hours for the wine to flesh out its full potential. Hazelnut, peach, corn and coffee beans. The acidity bursted out with more time in the glass. Still fresh and vibrant. Drank like an aged Chevalier Montrachet.

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