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Raveneau, Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots 2018
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Reviewed by: William Kelley
Another standout is the 2018 Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot, the most demonstrative of Raveneau's grand cru bottlings out of the gates this year. Offering up notions of citrus oil, pastry cream, crisp apricot and blanched almonds, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, with fine concentration and mid-palate amplitude, concluding with chalky grip.
Reviewed by: James Suckling
Plenty of flinty and chalky aromas here with some exotic fruit, in the green-mango, banana and apricot zone. Very pretty nose. The palate has a super smooth, elegantly wrapped barrel of nectarines and lightly toasted almonds. Very sleek, long and succulent. Drink on release or hold.
About the Producer
Domaine Raveneau is Chablis's finest producer. Jean Raveneau has 7 hectares of vines and produces beautifully crafted wines from three Grands Crus (Blanchot, les Clos and Valmur and four Premiers Crus (Montée de Tonnerres, les Vaillons, Butteaux and Chapelot) All the grapes are hand harvested (one of the very few remaining growers in Chablis to do so) and Jean Marie prefers to pick early rather than late, with the aim of preserving the grapes' acidities. The grapes are fermented in stainless steel vats and the wine are then aged in large oak feuilletes (the barrels have an average age of 7-8 years) for 18 months. Very low yields allied to meticulous wine making techniques are what make these wines so highly prized. They are renowned for their pure, racy minerality and rich, honeyed fruit, as well as for their ageworthiness - it would be a pity not to let them have the five to ten years in the cellar that they need to reach their sublime best.
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