1997 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  9/16/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Quite lovely nose that shows fully mature flavors of lemon, mushrooms, minerals, nice richness, and a hint of stone fruit. Nice acidity on the palate with a little less weight than the nose suggests, flavors of minerals, saline / seashell notes, and lemon. Nice finish. This was a really lovely, perfectly aged bottle that is probably drinking at or slightly past peak.

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  4/1/2023 - jhngo wrote: flawed

  Oxd sadly

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  8/7/2022 - Rorriem Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Perfect. Amazing acidity for the age. Beautiful golden colour. Almost umami savouriness.

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  12/10/2021 - clayfu wrote:

  served blind - I thought 96 due to the power and extract behind it. Perfect bottle. Waxy lime stone on the nose that screamed raveneau with roasted white peach. Powerful citrus fruit and expansive mid palate that’s acid driven which. On the finish you get an unctuous salinity that costs the throat. Delicious wine.

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  4/25/2020 - Tony Ling Likes this wine: 94 Points

  PNP into Zalto Burgundy glass (“Root” day): Bright medium golden to the eyes. Brilliant colours.
  
  Golden citrus fruits like grapefruits with peels, very fresh herbs, petit white florals too. Just about starting to emit hints of smoke but there yet. Fresh creme and sense of reduction described by some like “cool breeze” indeed. Hard to imagine how pure and fresh the nose is for this 22-23 years old cuvee.
  
  Highly acidic (some traces of VA that does not bother, but the texture finally gives some hints on the age), crushed rocks like minerality. Quite lean in a nice way without losing any complexity on the flavours largely consistent with nose, just lacking extra bit of “fat” (in the form of exuberant fruits and smoky notes that one came to associate with the grand crus from this producer), but not to say this is anything inferior. Incredible length with lingering flavours of toast and fine spices.
  
  Quintessential well-aged Chablis here. 94-95 points. With its impeccable balance overall I feel there is still some 5-10 years ahead of its peak...
  
  15 minutes upon opening, 2nd pour: somehow more mushroom like notes started to emerge on the aftertaste. Really nice wine savour slowly.
  
  45 minutes upon opening, 3rd pour: more reduction upfront and slightly more towards oystershells minerality at this point? Also even richer on the finish. Great stuff!
  
  Slowly observed 1-4 hours, small pours: more burdock (gobo) notes and with a broader spectrum of fruits like orchard fruits like pears and stone fruits like apricots with time, gaining complexity and very flavourful on palate too. Retain at 94-95 points.

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