In Bond Fine Wine. 2017 Domaine William Fevre Chablis Les Preuses, Grand Cru, Chablis, Burgundy, France. Grand Cru • White Burgundy in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2021+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
William Kelley (WK) — 92–95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 31/08/2018
The 2017 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses is a pretty, delicate wine, exhibiting lovely aromas of orange blossom, mandarin, oystershell and lemon oil. On the palate, it's ample, full-bodied and elegant, with a tense, stony core and fine-boned structure. Right now, it doesn't have the weight of the C'te Bouguerots, but it's beautifully detailed and refined.
William Kelley (WK) — 94/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 30/04/2019 · Drink 2021-2040
From bottle, the 2017 Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses is one of the twin pinnacles of the F'vre portfolio, wafting from the glass with a lovely bouquet of citrus blossom, mandarin, oyster shell and wet stones'exactly as it did from barrel. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and elegantly glossy, with incisive acids, fine-boned structure and a precise, elegantly mineral finish. The Clos m…
Allen Meadows (BH) — 95/100 · Burghound, 10/10/2019 · Drink 2029+
As is virtually always the case, this possesses a wonderfully elegant nose with its ripe, pure and airy aromas of lavender, green apple, citrus and white orchard fruit scents that are trimmed in subtle wood toast wisps. There is very good density to the relatively restrained medium-bodied flavors that possess plenty of minerality on the rich, sappy and palate coating finale. A brilliant wine of c…