2019 William Fevre Chablis Premier Cru Vaulorent, Burgundy

Note: from a huge 3.63 ha parcel out of only 17 ha and most of it is hard by Les Preuses.

Séguier calls this their "baby grand cru" as specific barrels are selected for vine age, concentration and power. This could be from nowhere else but Chablis with its equally cool, elegant and airy aromas of white-fleshed fruit, floral, iodine and subtle passion fruit-scanted nose. The super-sleek, refined and energetic medium weight flavors possess both ample minerality and a caressing texture, all wrapped in a complex, very dry and impressively long finale. Lovely.

93 points Allen Meadows burghound.com 10 Oct 2021, Drink: 2027+ Outstanding

Cropped at a mere 34 hectoliters per hectare, the 2019 Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent is superb, unwinding in the glass with notes of citrus oil, crisp green orchard fruit, white peach, iodine and pastry cream. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, with racy acids and a long, iodineinflected finish, it's the most complete premier cru in the range.

94+ points William Kelley robertparker.com

Lots of marl here, good for the weight of fruit and the acidity, as it keeps the, soil cooler. The nose is quite restrained and refined, but the wine starts to sing on the palate, the promised acidity along with real weight of fruit., some ripe citrus along with a bit of grenadine.

92-94 points Jasper Morris MW insideburgundy.com