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William Fevre, Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote Bouguerots 2019
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Reviewed by: William Kelley
The 2019 Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte Bouguerots is brilliant, unwinding in the glass with notes of warm bread, crisp orchard fruit, beeswax and oyster shell. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's deep and concentrated, with huge reserves of chalky structure and an incisive spine of acidity. It concludes with a finish of almost disconcerting intensity. Again, this is a very tightly wound young wine, cropped at only 29 hectoliters per hectare, and it will require and reward patience.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2019 Chablis Bougros Côte Bouguerots Grand Cru has a well-defined bouquet with subtle undergrowth scents, touches of wild fennel and dried orange rind. The palate is medium-bodied with a sapid entry, gentle grip and sour lemon intermixed with ginger and white pepper, fanning out with intent toward its persistent finish. With good substance and cohesion here, this is a very promising Chablis. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
About the Producer
Domaine William Fèvre is arguably one of Chablis’ greatest domaines. Following Fèvre’s retirement in 1998, the estate was sold to the Henriot family. Since then, head winemaker Didier Séguier, has steered what was then an oaky style of Chablis, to one that was much more terroir driven. The resulting wines are showing amazing purity and concentration, expressing the unique personality and minerality of each vineyard. Domaine William Fèvre owns the largest array of Premier and Grands Crus vineyards in Chablis. The estate has been farmed organically since 2006 with selected parcels farmed biodynamically.
