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Chablis Valmur 2004 75cl

AOC Grand Cru | Chablis | Burgundy | France
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94 Robert Parker
The 2004 Chablis Valmur soars from the glass with a panoply of minerals and quartz. This wine possesses an intense inner core of minerals that are laced with salt, sea shells, and flint. Pure, concentrated, deep, and ethereal, it is gorgeously focused and immensely long in the finish. Projected maturity: 2007-2014.  The Raveneau brothers were in the process of bottling their 2004s when I visited the estate in late April, 2006. “This is a vintage of pleasure, the 2004s are simple wines, they do not have a powerful constitution,” said Bernard Raveneau, who concentrates on vineyard work and handles the vinifications. (His brother Francois deals with all the tractor work as well as the administrative issues.) He reiterated what I’d heard in all of Burgundy’s cellars, that the yields had gotten totally out of control during the rain-plagued month of August. “We harvested 70 hectoliters per hectare on average across the entire estate. We’ve never seen such a plethoric vintage!
Producer
Domaine Raveneau François
Highly regarded as the finest producer in Chablis, it is not a surprise that their wines are quite rare to come by. Founded in 1948 by François Raveneau, the Domaine is now run by his sons, Jean-Marie and Bernard. The property is home to around 9 hectares of the region’s greatest Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards. Producing the region’s leading white wines, the vineyards are planted to exclusively to Chardonnay. The Domaine is also one of the remaining few in Chablis to hand-harvest, which they do earlier than later in order to retain the grape’s acidity. The resulting wines are always of superior quality, displaying a racy, pure minerality with notes of honeyed fruit. These wines have a great ageing potential, with most benefiting from five to ten years of cellaring. Extremely limited production, with yearly production around 4000 cases.