Pre Arrival William Fevre Chablis Grand Cru "Vaudesir" 2024

91-94 BH

Notes:

A perfumed, cool, pure and elegant nose displays vaguely exotic notes of white peach, passion fruit, honeysuckle and quinine, all of which is trimmed in an appealing touch of mineral reduction. The ultra-dense, indeed almost thick, flavors are borderline aggressively stony, which adds a sense of lift to the bitter citrus-inflected finish that, somewhat curiously, falls off somewhat relative to the best in the range. It's possible that it was 'just one of those days' and it will show better once in bottle as the characteristics of the 2024 vintage should play to the innate strengths of Vaudésir. Burghound 91-94

Three barrels made. More lemon than lime in colour, with density. The nose is growing just slowly. Now some yellow fruit but with a bit of honeysuckle. The vineyard is very steep on the south-west facing side, so it gets ripe yet keeps the stones. A wealth of fruit, almost a touch oily, significant grip behind, and leaves salt on the lips. Drink from 2029-2035. Tasted Jul 2025. Jasper Morris 91-94

***Please Note - There is NO Domaine Bottling of Vaudesir in 2024**

The harvest was so short purchased fruit was added to the Domaine fruit in order to have enough wine to release this cuvee.

Vins Rare