Chablis Les Preuses, Grand Cru 2019

Chablis / Fevre, Domaine William

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Tasting Notes

The 2019 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses bursts from the glass with scents of orange oil, warm bread, crisp stone fruits and oyster shell. Medium to full-bodied, elegantly textural and enveloping, yields of only 23 hectoliters per hectare mean that it's immensely concentrated, with racy acids and a long, pungently intense finish. I left my tasting with Didier Séguier wondering if the 2019s might be the best vintage I've ever tasted at Domaine William Fèvre. At this address, the vintage's low yields have translated to wines of remarkable concentration, but Séguier has also achieved levels of cut and tension that are rare in contemporary Chablis.

Score: 95

William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025-2050 05 August 2021

This too could be from nowhere else except Chablis with its citrus-tinged aromas of tidal pool, white flowers and shellfish. The racy, intense and painfully intense larger-scaled flavors possess cuts-like-a-knife delineation on the bone dry and super-saline finish where a distinct bitter lemon quality slowly emerges. This is very classy juice and also built-to-age. Don't miss!

Score: 94 - 96

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2031+ 10 November 2020

A surprisingly lean, direct and focussed Grand Cru. Plenty of drive here with pronounced acidity and a mineral freshness to finish. However, there is a lack of complexity at the moment - this will come with another few years in bottle. There is no doubting the purity of fruit - just that the overall effect is rather shy and one-dimensional now. The score reflects future potential.

Score: 93

Decanter, Decanter.com Maturity: 2023-2032 09 October 2020

This has not fallen clear yet. Didier likes the marriage between the two parts of Preuses, i.e. both the, southerly slope and the section, which slopes gently to the north. Generous ripeness. Greater warmth and roundness than Cote Bouguerots, but still a good line of tension through the middle, with a useful slight bitterness at the finish - les jolis amers. Grand cru weight and impressive length bringing out the saline character at the end.

Score: 93 - 96

Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy 01 July 2020