In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Domaine William Fevre Chablis Vaulorent, 1er Cru, Chablis, Burgundy, France. 1er Cru • White Burgundy in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (WK). Drinking window: 2025+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
William Kelley (WK) — 95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 21/07/2022 · Drink 2028-2050
One of the finest wines in the portfolio this year is the 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent, a taut, youthfully reserved bottling of immense promise. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of citrus zest, beeswax, crisp white peach, white flowers, freshly baked bread and oyster shell, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless, with terrific tensioning intensity in a tightly wound format. It's warml…
Allen Meadows (BH) — 93/100 · Burghound, 10/10/2022 · Drink 2030+
(from a huge 3.63 ha parcel out of only 17 ha and most of it is hard by Les Preuses. S'guier calls this their 'baby grand cru' as specific barrels are selected for vine age, concentration and power). The restrained and layered nose makes clear that this could be from nowhere else but Chablis with its aromas of algae, iodine, oyster shell and spiced pear. The texture of the medium-weight flavors i…
Neal Martin (NM) — 94/100 · Vinous, 09/07/2024 · Drink 2025-2035
The 2020 Chablis Vaulorent 1er Cru has a reductive bouquet, opening with aeration. It's minerally with chalk dust and flint. This feels a little suppressed by the SO2 at the moment, but wow, it just soars when I return to the glass after ten minutes. The palate is well-balanced with good concentration, unapologetically backward. It's tangy towards the finish with a seam of orange rind and marmala…