2022 Domaine William Fevre Chablis
There was a lot of speculation last year when Artémis Domaines, owned by the Pinault Family, acquired Bouchard and their Chablis Estate William Fevre. With little fanfare and an enormous check, William Fevre was quietly sold to the Bordeaux conglomerate that owns Rothschild. To instantly acquire 78 hectares of arguably the finest terroirs in all of Chablis, you know the sum was sizable. Even so, it could turn out to be one of the best acquisitions in the world of Chablis, at least since 2014, when Faiveley stepped in and purchased Billaud Simon.
Domaine William Fevre is unmatched in size, quality, and the vast number of prime vineyards in the heart of Chablis. Even if you remove Raveneau and Dauvissat from the equation, this lineup I’m offering today is some of the finest Chablis being made from their various crus.
Take a look at the press. Just about every wine from Burghound receives a Don’t Miss designation with scores in the mid 90’s. The quality here is phenomenal. You will not want to miss these 2022’s.
2022 William Fevre Chablis 1er Montee de Tonnerre
An elegant, pure and wonderfully airy nose more freely reflects its aromas of white flowers, prominent mineral reduction and plenty of seashore elements. There is at once more volume but, somewhat surprisingly, even better refinement to the medium weight plus flavors that retain excellent detail while also flashing an almost pungent stoniness on the driving, firm and impeccably well-balanced finale. One to look for as this is very impressive.
- Burghound, 92-94 Sweet Spot Outstanding!
2022 William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Valmur
Here too there is slightly more evident wood that stops short of fighting with the ripe aromas of various white orchard fruit scents that are nuanced by hints of tidal pool, algae and oyster shell. The denser, powerful and quite serious big-bodied flavors possess a gorgeous texture if not nearly the same level of refinement while displaying superb length on the robust finale. This firmly structured effort is also pretty much a textbook example.
- Burghound, 92-95 Don't Miss!
2022 William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Preuses
A toasty nose features notes of smoky grilled shellfish, pear and algae. The dense and equally serious larger-scaled flavors don't have quite the same power yet they are clearly more refined on the markedly bitter citrus zest finish that displays outstanding length. This is exceptionally classy and while it too could use more depth, that is all but assured if given a chance.
- Burghound, 92-95 Don't Miss!
2022 William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote Bouguerots
This is the coolest and most restrained of this group of 2022s with its elegant aromas of prominent mineral reduction, lemon-lime, spice and oyster shell. There is almost painful intensity to the intensely stony and strikingly well-detailed larger-bodied yet still beautifully refined flavors that display huge length on the impeccably well-balanced finale. Like the Preuses, this is very classy and built to repay extended keeping.
- Burghound, 93-95 Don't Miss!
2022 William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
This is aromatically quite similar to the Côte Bouguerots but with more floral influence. The rich, big-bodied and tautly muscular flavors are also seemingly chiseled from Kimmeridgian, all wrapped in a wonderfully persistent, very dry, balanced and stony finale. This is also extremely impressive and equally built to repay extended cellaring
- Burghound, 93-95 - Don't Miss!
