2012 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  1/27/2024 - manemis Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Precise. Buttery for a Chablis. Nice now but will probably improve for many more years.

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  1/1/2024 - dagij Likes this wine: 90 Points

  From magnum. Still light straw with a clear green hue, still amazingly young. The nose is also dominated by primary fruit tones, mostly citrus like lemon, lime and grape, underlined by a clear chalky tone. Tight attack on the palate, high acidity, citrus fruit dominates the mid palate while some green apple tones emerge on the tight, chalky and fresh finish. Long aftertaste. These wines are not easy to like, and they evolve incredibly slow. When this wine will reach it's apex - if anytime - is impossible to know. However, this was my last bottle so I'll probably never know.

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  10/3/2022 - dagij Likes this wine: 89 Points

  A tasting of three grand crus (clos, preuses, vaudesir 2010) and two 1er crus (montee de tonnere and vaulorent 2012). This is still too young. Marked by a reductive note of flint and matchsticks when opened, less so than the other wines though. Giving way to apples, licorice, mint and chalk when it warms up. Medium bodied attack, fine fruit on the mid palate reminiscent of green apples, lemon and mint. Some tannic feel at the end, and a fresh finish. Somewhat short compared to the Montee de Tonnere, but much easier to drink at the moment. Almost mature.

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  10/17/2021 - dagij Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I have been skeptical towards the wines of Fevre for quite some years, so I stopped buying them. Thankfully, I saved some of the older wines, for instance this Vaulorent from the good to excellent 2012 vintage. The cork is incredibly long. Very light straw yellow, almost blank, but with streak of green. Very young appearance. Given the fact that Fevre uses old barrels, the nose is fascinating reminiscent of new oak: vanilla and some honey. Then the Chablis terroir kicks in: green apples, dust, chalk. Medium bodied, very high acidity in the attack (surprise!), lots of green apples, but also with a baked tone of vanilla and cinnamon. Everything comes together in a sleak, elegant, but a bit monolithic aftertaste dominated by green apples and again that baked vanilla feeling. Citrus dominates the finish. Believe it or not, but this wine is still too young. Keep for five more years to see what happens, or drink with fine shellfish like raw scallops or crabs.

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  6/25/2021 - asheio wrote: 91 Points

  Sea, saliness, nice acidity, long finish. Everything you hope for in a premier cru.

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