June 15, 2014 - good basic chablis character, but not the nuance of a great chablis. I think these Fevres see too much oak. They may be interesting early, but I worry that they cannot develop much with age.
November 24, 2011 - First glass was super, pure chardonnay fruit, quite mineral, but a cheesy note grew stronger and stronger down the bottle
February 4, 2011 - Slightly fuller colour, now mid straw. Mineral, fresh nose with just a touch or warm butter starting to show in with the salty minerlity. Rounding out and now ready. Top 1er cru weight and decent length. very proper but get the sense that it's just starting to decline; held up well over an evening and the following lunch, but drink up. Lovely though (*)***
January 28, 2011 - An interesting gold-green color. Slightly oxidized nose and too-subdued palate impression. Stubbornly refuses to (a) take a stand or (b) fall apart. Neither fish nor foul, as it were. Exasperating.
An hour later: "Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or die. This shilly-shallying with the question is absurd." (Lady Bracknell)
Another hour later: OMG (you should, once again, pardon the expression)!!!! It's alive!!!!!!
July 29, 2010 - Exellent and similar to last note. Classic Chablis, very tight initially, definitetely improves with air and warming.
July 12, 2010 - Very fine chablis. Light color, proper acidity, wonderful sea, citrus, mineral character.
October 10, 2009 - Very pale. Mineral nose, very chalky. Initial attack is really quite tight, then concentrated chalk on the front to mid-palate and fresh crisp length. Half the bottle left overnight - no sign of oxidation, still showing chalky flavours and textures though these had lightened up a bit to show another level of crisp citrus fruit. This seems to have closed up a bit comparred to a couple of bottles last year. Taut, classic Chablis. Decant or cellar. ****
October 29, 2008 - Bare traces of honey and toast development but loaded with lively green apple, fennel, oyster shell and melon aromatics. In the mouth the Chablis mineral stalactites cling to the roof of the mouth for a fleeting moment, liquefy into molten rock then drop onto the tongue exploding leaving candied apple residue. The finish is chalky and precise.
June 27, 2008 - Light colour, greenish hue. Lovely fresh nose, mineral and lime. Mineral and lime palate, very clean and pure. Elegant with a weight that hints at GC. Textbook Tonnerre, ready but plenty of time in hand. ****
May 20, 2008 - Seems surprisingly evolved and slightly flabby upon opening, but tightens up within 10 minutes of air to the classic, steely mineral-rich Chablis I expected. Intense with quite a griping texture, minerally with lime fruit and focused finish. Long. This is good even by 1er standards. Holds up very well over 24hrs to show little evolution by the following evening. Lovely now but should last for some considerable time. ****