2008 | Domaine William Fèvre | Chablis Valmur Fashion

2008 | Domaine William Fèvre | Chablis Valmur

White Wine: 2008 | Domaine William Fèvre | Chablis Valmur

Very clean and lemony, yet with roundness and flesh on the palate. Lemon cake, apple and mineral are the main flavors, with hints of flowers and spice. There’s a long, flinty, mouthwatering aftertaste.

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Producer: Domaine William Fèvre

Ratings: WE | 96   AM | 95

Vintage: 2008

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Detailed Description

Very clean and lemony, yet with roundness and flesh on the palate. Lemon cake, apple and mineral are the main flavors, with hints of flowers and spice. There’s a long, flinty, mouthwatering aftertaste.

Reviews:

• Wine Enthusiast: A great waft of ripe fruits, wood spice and tense acidity. A Valmur is a model for great Chablis, a taut wine, like a spring of green fruits waiting to burst out.

• Allen Meadows: The reflections are the classic light gold-green hues of a fine Chablis. The barest touch of oak highlights the green fruit, menthol, saline and iodine aromas that precede the extremely stony, concentrated and driving flavors that are also blessed with ample amounts of dry extract that provides a much needed balancing element to the ripe acid backbone on the chalky and sappy finish.

Producer Information

Domaine William Fèvre is one of the most prestigious of all Chablis houses and, despite its relative youth, produces some of the finest expressions of Chardonnay from the north of Burgundy. The domaine holdings cover a wide range of vineyards, including numerous grand and premier cru Chablis sites. The Fèvre family has been in Chablis for 250 years, but the domaine itself wasn’t established by William Fèvre until 1959. William Fèvre himself sold the eponymous business in 1998 to Maisons et Domaines Henriot (which includes Champagne house Henriot, Beaune-based Bouchard Père et Fils and Beaux Frères). Today, Domaine William Fèvre owns around 76 hectares (190 acres) in Chablis, 15 hectares (37 acres) of which are in grand cru vineyards including Les Clos, Vaudésir, Bougros and Preuses. This variety of plots gives a complete and full profile of wines – for example, those from Bougros are typically full-bodied and rounded, while those from Vaudésir are more lively, fresh and floral. A further 16 hectares (39 acres) of vineyards are classified as premier cru (these include Fourchaume/Vaulorent, Vaillons, Montmains, Montée de Tonnerre and Les Lys). Historically, the wines were all aged in new oak, although more recently William Fère has changed to the use of barrels that are, on average, five years old, allowing for the quintessential Chablis freshness and minerality to shine through. Harvesting is all done by hand, with rigorous sorting for the premier and grand cru parcels. Fèvre has used Diam agglomerated cork closures since 2005 to counter the issue of premature oxidation which has long been a problem in Burgundy’s white wines.