April 22, 2024 - Premoxed
February 22, 2024 - Either past its prime by a long shot or oxidized. Regardless, not drinkable. Decanted for an hour to see if it rebounded, nope. Slight improvement but still nasty. Been in my cellar about 15 years. Drag. Have a few more, lets hope this was an anomaly!
July 27, 2023 - Popped and poured. These continue to be outstanding. Pretty focused nose. Crisp, deep and complex wine with lemon, minerals and a little sea salt. Great cut and length. Grand cru stuffing. Drinking at peak.
June 27, 2023 - Bought on release. A wedding year wine. Pop and pour. Drunk over several hours.
First off I thankful this was not Premoxed. I've watched the color of this wine for years and it has remained good. My last '07 Fevre.
A lovely mature nose. It's nutty and a little honeyed with seashells, orchard fruit, and a nice vein of chalk. Mid plus weighted with a Grand Cru sense of gravitas without heaviness on the palate with more mature nutty and yellow orchard more than citrus fruit. It's chalky and rich with beautifully balanced acidity Everything is pretty seamless and very well made. It's drinking at a beautiful, mature peak. That said it lacks a little excitement, a trait I tend to feel in Fevre's wines. Technically outstanding but lacking a little mystery to make it compelling. Still delicious and I am picking nits for sure. Terrific with a simple roasted chicken. Drink now.
April 2, 2023 - Oxidized, so not as brilliant as it could have been. However, all of the elements are still there - orchard fruit, chalky minerality, and well balanced structure, albeit a bit richer and nuttier than anticipated. Still very much alive and delicious with our meal.
February 3, 2023 - La Paulee 2023: From magnum. Haven’t had an old Fevre for a while, was commenting that I bought a bunch from HK when I was first getting into wine but they are all gone unfortunately. Still brilliant, quite big and honeyed for a Chablis but not in any way oxidised. Round citrus fruit, still had good tension despite its age.
September 23, 2022 - Drank alongside the 2007 Preuses. This Clos was wide open for business and in a great zone. Showed a bit richer than the Preuses. Both of these bottles showed extremely well and gained complexity over the course of the afternoon.
September 20, 2022 - Decanted for ~3-hrs prior to serving. Took a sniff of the bouquet whilst emptying the wine into the Voss bottle; Not good - a tad "advanced" with slight notes of sherry/nuts, cooked/cooling barley/chrysanthemum. Hoped that it'll "clean/tighten up" by the time it's served during dinner... Anyhow, the "advanced" scents persisted throughout, but palate was still absolutely fine - rich, layered, minerality in spades with a tinge of oily texture. Nevertheless, I felt it was still a pity with the nose not at the level/state that I was hoping for (btls that I've opened/tried 2016 and prior)...
July 15, 2022 - Lovely expressive complex nose with lemon, pear and flower honey, which add sweetness to the wine. It's just fresh, fat and vibrant with a lot of energy. Has at the same time a lot of power, but feels weight less. A pretty long finish thats as it sits in the glass feels more citrus based with plenty of acidity. Keep it cool. This is pure and excellent.
January 4, 2022 - Principal note on the nose and palate for me is pear. Beautifully complex nose and very long lasting finish with well-balanced acidity.