Francois Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Valmur

PnP in Chablis. Light and sharp at fist glance with subtle aromas of bruised yellow apples and candied lemon. With some air it begins to open up and shows a medium body with a nice smooth and delicate structure. 18’ was definitely tough for Raveneau but it seems great nonetheless. Additional aging would of course be great, but this should not be aged indefinitely because of its strange lightness despite the hot vintage. 93+

Quite closed upon opening, only smell of oak. After 2 hours, Honeysuckle and peach starts to reveal. Beautiful saltiness and creaminess on palate. Totally different to the mineral and highly acidity Chablis that I’m familiar with. Really beautiful acidity and roundness.

Really excellent 18 from Raveneau. I liked this a lot even right after opening, but found it to shut down quite a lot with air, luckily I still had 3/4 of the bottle left to follow over 2 days. Taut and linear with surprisingly high acid for this warm vintage. Chalky and citrusy, with lots of extract. Heaps of oyster shell, sea breeze, seaweed, melon, yellow apple, nashi pear and ripe peach aromas. Superb balance and very good length, a …

Pretty amazing wine here. I continue to find that Raveneau excels in warm vintages. This Valmur carries a ton of weight and amplitude. It’s well integrated and I’m always impressed with the acid balance this house is able to pull off in the face of ripeness. This wine was honeyed and rich, with so much depth it made me think of a Chenin Blanc.

this took absolutely ages to open up- glad i waited. was completely rewarded with juice that gives me a reason to keep pursuing this career every day. heck yeah

Truly special wine. Still too young but full of live and freshness.

Open this in a group wine tasting as a pop and pour. Did not have enough time to develop. Not rated. Definitely great bones, but it needs at least an hour decant.

A pre-50 pre Birthday Celebration; 6/9/2023-6/11/2023 (Around Zurich Area) : Served blind. Went with Chablis Grand Cru 15yrs old.. Impressive as always Raveneau at this level and the wine felt more evolved than a 5yr old in the sense that oak was fully assimilated and the fruit was developed. Vibrant still of course , firm and with an elegance across . A beautiful wine that proves the love affair we have with them. 96-97

Opened at the All-Star Dinner by Zachy's in HK. P&P, with some bottle breathing. Small glass sample. Unfortunately, this felt like infanticide. Very good juice but it just needs more time to unfurl properly. Very crisp and zesty, bursting with energy and tension on the palate, as befitting of Chablis, but some of the more rounded chardonnay notes (butter, popcorn, toastiness etc.) were lacking. I'd hold this and revisit in 5+ years. It can definitely handle it. Scored as it …

Very youthful and bright. Not showing much complexity just yet, at this stage it’s quite lovely but not really drinking like it’s priced. Would hold these for now.