2013 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
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HowardNZ Likes this wine:
96 Points
Friday, February 2, 2024 - Another pristine bottle. A beautiful Grand Cru Chablis. All of the elements you expect from a Les Clos. No sign of premox or other oxidisation problem. I would use again the same descriptors as in my 2022 note. At age 11 years, at an early peak. As I said in my earlier note, assuming premox is not an issue, I can see the 2013 drinking well out to say 2037.
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Comment posted by pavel_p:
2/3/2024 5:30:00 AM - Hi Howard, many thanks for the note! Based on experience with the 2007s (50+% of my Fevre GC under natural cork oxidized, and 100% of the Diam bottled 1er Cru still beautifully youthful), I am very confident that the Fevre GC, bottled under Diam since 2010, have no more premox issue in 2013. Drank a couple of my own 2013 (and also some 2011, 2012 and 2016) GC, and while I am less enthusiastic about the 2013 vintage quality, have not had a premoxed bottle
Comment posted by HowardNZ:
2/3/2024 2:54:00 PM - Thanks Pavel. Like you, I am a follower of the Fèvre Grand Crus, and a lover of them. However, the Grand Crus have had major oxidisation issues. The 2006s were badly affected. I loved both the 2007 and 2008 Grand Crus but oxidisation problems, in my experience, are now common for both. The good news, I hope, is that the youngest Fèvre Grand Cru I have seen premoxed is a 2009 Les Clos (about 3 years ago?). I have not yet seen any oxidisation problems in Fèvre Grand Crus for 2010 and younger and am hopeful that diams and (perhaps) other winemaking techniques have beaten the problem. At 14 years however, I am not ready to declare victory, as these wines should be 20+ year wines (excluding the occasional cork or other storage issue). But looking good so far ...
Comment posted by pavel_p:
2/3/2024 4:44:00 PM - Hi Howard, I share your experience. What I meant to say is that Fevre solved the premox issue for the 1er Cru with the 2007 vintage when they started bottling their 1er under Diam, but for the GC only in 2010 when the switch from natural cork to Diam finally happened there as well. I have not had a single premox Fevre bottled under Diam, to the contrary, the Diam bottles were all incredibly youthful (including eg 2007 Montee de Tonnerre and 2008 Vaulorent which are already past the 15 year mark). On the other hand plenty of natural cork GC casualties in that period as we both know
Comment posted by HowardNZ:
2/3/2024 5:27:00 PM - Thanks Pavel, understood.