2018 | Domaine Franois Raveneau | Chablis Butteaux

Introduction

White Wine: 2018 | Domaine Franois Raveneau | Chablis Butteaux

This offers some very exotic aromas of green mangoes and white peaches, as well as a very fresh, lemon-curd edge and crushed stones, oyster shell and wet chalk. The palate has a strong,fresh and cool mineral core for this warmer vintage.

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Producer: Domaine Franois Raveneau

Ratings: D | 95 JG | 94

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

This offers some very exotic aromas of green mangoes and white peaches, as well as a very fresh, lemon-curd edge and crushed stones, oyster shell and wet chalk. The palate has a strong,fresh and cool mineral core for this warmer vintage.

Reviews:

• Decanter: It’s a wine that always takes a while to show at its best, showing considerable restraint and focus, a hint of new wood, wet stone and chalky mineralty and a long, tapering, leesy finish.

• John Gilman: The 2018 Butteaux from Domaine Raveneau is another great premier cru in the making. The youthful and pure nose wafts from the glass in a mix of lemon, apple, pear, chalky soil tones, citrus peel and beeswax. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and fairly powerful in personality this year, with a rock solid core, excellent transparency and grip, an outstanding girdle of acidity and superb length and lift on the very long finish.

Producer Information

Domaine Franois Raveneau is a noted producer based in the Burgundy subregion of Chablis, where the small plots of Chardonnay produce some of the appellation’s most sought-after wines. The domaine was founded in 1948, when Franois Raveneau and his wife combined their families’ vineyard holdings. He was the first of his family to bottle wines made from the grapes from his vineyards prior to this the grapes had been sold off to other producers. Today the domaine has eight hectares (20 acres) of land spread across three grand cru and six premier cru sites in Chablis. It is run by Franois’ sons: Bernard and Jean-Marie. Domaine Franois Raveneau has small plots in grand cru sites Blanchot, Les Clos and Valmur and premier cru sites Monte de Tonnerre, Les Vaillons, Butteaux, Chapelot, Montmains, and Fort. Most of these sites are planted on southwest-facing valley slopes, which allow for maximum sun exposure and ripening. These vineyards are planted Kimmeridgian clay and limestone soils, which are typical of the region. The vines are on average 30 years old, with those in the Monte de Tonnerre Premier Cru having an average age of 50. The grapes are all harvested by hand and then fermented with indigenous yeasts. This is followed by malolactic fermentation in barrels, and then the wines are aged for an extended period of time.