2018 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 94 points

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  2/9/2024 - Burgundy Bill wrote: 94 Points

  Whiff of tidal pool, slight reduction, caramel, yellow citrus. Classic spherical and waxy Rav texture. Excellent acidity carried by a strong thread of salinity that fans out into a spicy finish. A lovely you wine years away from its peak. Outshined the young 18 Montee which really seemed to lack the acidity and mineral drive that this showed.

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  12/23/2023 - wineton.mee wrote: 95 Points

  The 18 Butteaux is an absolute killer of a Chablis and had exactly what I wanted to taste in a young Rav. Popped 4 hours before and slow ox-ed til dinner. Yoghurt nose, creamy and buttery, so much lemon tart, apricot, briny shells, and that trademark richness you get from this plot. I salivated hard so the acid is on point. Thought the heat was well managed here, not so much tell tale sign of the vintage. Obviously youthful but vroom vroom ready to go.

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  12/16/2023 - englishman's claret wrote:

  Another super experience, yet showing younger than the example in 2022 (despite decanting). Yet the personality of Raveneau really shows in the mouth, dynamic and complete, full of lemon curd and oyster, balancing heft and deft.

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  8/16/2023 - merlotsmile Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Komplex doft med mogen citrus, stenfrukt, ostronskal , krossad krita, toast, lite mandel och vaniljkräm. I munnen en fetkalkig krämig textur, lager på lager. Lång och lite sältig finish. En fröjd att dricka ❤️.
  
  Läste att någon tyckte den var mer Cote d’Or än Chablis och det kanske stämmer? Jag drack 2019 förra året och den var mycket mer “racy” och stringent. 2018 har massor med energi men inte lika mycket nerv och ger en rundare känsla.
  
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  4/2/2023 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points

  Sunday afternoon drinks at home with neighbourhood friends. Tasted blind. 1 day old sample from bottle. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
  Appearance is clear, pale intensity, yellow lemon colour. Legs.
  Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of lemon drop oil, underlying stony minerals, some saline breeze. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of lightly honeyed citrus lemon drop oil, stonefruits, underlying saline and stony minerality. Rich lightly waxy oily mouthfeel. Rich long finish where you really feel the amount of dry extract.
  Very good quality. Ripe citrus nose didn't lead me to Chablis immediately. I didn't really get much oak sensation. Has certainly the heft you would expect from a Raveneau 1er. Can age a few more years maybe 4-5 tops for max enjoyment in my humble opinion.

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