2016 Domaine William Fevre, Chablis Grand Cru, Les Clos 1x750ml

Robert Parker 92

The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru les Clos, cropped at around 17 hectoliters per hectare, was blended the day previous to my visit and is due to be bottled in December 2017 or perhaps the following month. As such, the aromatics are too leesy to assess. The palate is balanced with a saline, sour lemon-tinged entry, perhaps lighter than the Bougros Cote Bouguerots and with a prickle of spice toward the finish. It should gain complexity and harmony throughout its elevage and will be one to watch. [Neal Martin, 28/06/2017]

Anticipated maturity: 2019-2030

Vinous 93-95

(just 18 hectoliters per hectare produced owing to frost and mildew): Pale yellow. Lovely brisk citrus and apple aromas complicated by gingery spices, white pepper and iodiney minerality. Large-scaled, dense and quite powerful but not yet filled in, with its very concentrated peach and citrus flavors accented by ginger and white pepper. More glyceral in the early going than the Preuses but showing less personality today. This fruit was picked very ripe, with nearly 13% potential alcohol, according to Didier Seguier. [Stephen Tanzer, 08/01/2017]