Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, Montée De Tonnerre 2009

380.00 €

Minimum call
This lot was part of our auction «winter auction 2023» on 04.02.2023.
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Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, Montée De Tonnerre, 2009

1 x 0.750L
Burgundy
perfect
damaged
into neck
none
93 / 100 Robert Parker
The 2009 Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre has a more exotic bouquet than the 2010, with scents of white chocolate and almond more prominent. The palate is crisp and focused with fine precision, very harmonious with hints of hazelnut, orange peel and minerals toward the long but tender finish. What a gorgeous Chablis – rich but wonderfully detailed. Drink now-2026. Though I have walked past many times and tasted their wines on many a pleasurable occasion, this was actually my first, and I hope not last, visit to the most iconic of Chablis producers. “Raveneau set the standards of excellence few aspire to,” wrote Rosemary George in her indispensable (and over-looked guide) to Chablis. Few would disagree with that sentiment, though I would never say that Raveneau is beyond reproach. Les freres Raveneau, Bernard and Jean-Marie presently run the estate and it was the former that opened the door in the Rue de Chichee, accompanied by his daughter Isabelle. Before commencing with the tasting that encompassed both 2013 and 2012, I asked Bernard about the differences between the two vintages. “The 2013 has been in barrel for around 6 or 7 weeks,” he told me. “We started the harvest on October 2, while the 2012 began on September 22. The 2013s are quite rich with slightly lower acidity than usual. The Right Slope wines are more tendu (taut) and interesting. We were a bit worried about the 2013s with regard to the quality of the grapes and the lack of acidity. They are not typical of Chablis, but they are very open and exotic. You find more minerality as you go up through the range, and vine age had an impact. There was 30mm of rain on Saturday, October 5 and it was so strong that the ripe berries fell off of the vine. The 2012 is completely different. It is more ‘Chablis’: perfect and very healthy grapes, small in terms of yield, around half the normal harvest. This was due to the spring frost, bad weather during flowering, a bit of hail and a lot of wind. Just before putting up the wires together we had a storm and a lot of the canes were damaged. There was a humid July with a lot of rain and so we decided to leaf pluck. Then there was a heatwave in August when the temperature was so high that some of the berries were burned. But in September, there were perfect conditions. There was slightly higher acidity in 2012 than 2013 but more homogeneity.” I then asked Bernard if there was a vintage he might compare 2012 to, and after consideration he suggested a mixture of the 1994 and 2001.
Wine Advocate #214 Aug 2014
93 / 100 Allen Meadow
This is evolving ever-so-slightly more slowly than I foresaw and thus I have added one more year to my suggested initial drinking window but otherwise it has not changed greatly since my original review. It is not quite so primary with its ripe dried yellow orchard fruit and iodine aromas though there are no secondary fruit elements yet in evidence. There is excellent richness and power to the medium-bodied and minerally flavors that are not exactly classic but certainly more so than many examples of 2009 Chablis today. This is really quite impressive and note that while it is certainly not yet at its peak this could be drunk with pleasure now if desired.
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