The most sublime and the most celebrated estate of Chablis, the wines of Domaine Raveneau are a rare find—exceptional because the vineyard holdings are almost entirely made of grand cru and premier cru fruit, painfully finite as so few are produced, outstanding because of their tremendous quality and consistency, and unusual given the modesty of the vignerons who create these world-class wines. 

There is enough reduction to push the ripe aromas of green fruit, citrus confit, spice and iodine hints to the background. There is even more size, weight and power to the broad-shouldered flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract while simultaneously delivering strikingly good persistence. This isn't as refined, though it almost never is, and a wine that will age as long as anyone would reasonably want to keep it. Stated otherwise, this is pretty much textbook Valmur. Tasted: Oct 2024; Drink: 2034+; Issue: 96; Rating 96 Points; Allen Meadows; Burghound