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Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Valmur 2023 [NET]

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Raveneau is the name Chablis lovers measure everything else against, and Valmur is the grand cru where the domaine's precision comes through as elegance and purity rather than sheer weight. The domaine's parcel is just 0.75 hectares of vines averaging about 40 years old, set in a natural amphitheater. Isabelle Raveneau says the bowl gets so hot that most of the work there happens in the mornings, because it's too hot to work during the day. As a rule, the house approach is deliberately unshowy: grapes picked by hand, a gentle press, fermentation and malolactic in tank, then about 18 months in older barrels and feuillettes (smaller traditional casks), with very little new wood coming into the cellar. Isabelle, Bernard's daughter, is carrying the domaine, founded in 1948, into its next generation. The whole estate makes only about 3,000 cases a year, almost all of it grand and premier cru, so Valmur is always a small slice of a very small pie.

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Antonio Galloni

95 points

"The 2023 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru has an enticing bouquet with white tea and chamomile infusing its citrus fruit. This has superb mineralité that becomes more evident with aeration. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. It's elegant and tender in style yet still powerful as it fans out on the finish. The tongue tingles on the aftertaste. Fantastique." —Neal Martin

Robert Parker

98 points

"The 2023 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur, derived from a steep, south-facing site, is showing superbly and is one of the wines of the vintage. With more mid-palate amplitude than any other wine in the range, it soars from the glass with a bouquet of extraordinary complexity, featuring notes of iodine, acacia, grapefruit zest and oyster shell. Isabelle Raveneau explains that the parcel is like a small natural amphitheater, and work is mostly done in the mornings since it’s too hot to work there during the day. On the palate, the wine is deep, full-bodied and multifaceted, with incredible concentration, tangy acidity and striking intensity, finishing with a long, saline aftertaste. Both more tensile and slightly more linear than the dramatic Clos that followed it, this is a brilliant Valmur." —Kristaps Karklins

More about Domaine Francois Raveneau

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    2023

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Earthy , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Butter-poached lobster; roast turbot or Dover sole with beurre blanc; seared scallops with brown butter; poulet de Bresse with morels and cream; a wedge of aged Comté.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic grand cru Chablis profile in Raveneau's restrained style: lemon, green apple and white flowers over a chalky, oyster-shell minerality. Ageing in older barrels typically adds texture and a fuller body without obvious oak flavour, while bright, cutting acidity keeps it precise. The finish tends to be long, dry and saline, and the wine is built to age.