2020 | Domaine William Fèvre | Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote Bouguerots

Description

White Wine: 2020 | Domaine William Fèvre | Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Cote Bouguerots

The Chablis Bougros Cote Bouguerots Grand Cru is a complex wine with a mineral bouquet, powerful and dense structure with pleasant roundness. A deft application of wood lurks in the background of the aromas cool citrus, apple, mineral reduction and ocean breeze wisps.

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Producer: Fevre William

Ratings: WA | 96D | 96

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France,Burgundy

The Chablis Bougros Cote Bouguerots Grand Cru is a complex wine with a mineral bouquet, powerful and dense structure with pleasant roundness. A deft application of wood lurks in the background of the aromas cool citrus, apple, mineral reduction and ocean breeze wisps. There is an almost painful intensity to the powerful but sleek and defined medium weight plus flavors that brim with minerality on the clean, very dry and hugely long finish. This is also potentially brilliant and well-worth considering.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2020 Chablis Grand Cru Bougros Côte Bouguerots offers a resumé of several of Fèvre’s grand cru bottlings, uniting the taut musculature of Valmur and the ethereal, mineral profile of Les Preuses, with some of the perfumed sensuality of Vaudésir and fleshy texture of Bougros. The result is certainly a very compelling wine, exhibiting aromas of crisp green orchard fruit, white flowers, freshly baked bread, oyster jus and white peach, followed by a full-bodied, taut and layered palate that’s seamless and complete, concluding with a pungently mineral finish. It’s worth a special effort to seek out.

• Decanter: Cote Bouguerots is a cooler site down by the Serein River, with precipitous slopes of 45 degrees. An intense grand cru, with concentration from very low yields (25hl/ha), this displays a distinct savoury edge. It’s a very fine, persistent wine, with a very long future ahead.

Producer Information

William Fevre is one of the most prestigious of all Chablis houses and, despite its relative youth, produces some of the finest expressions of Chardonnay from the north of Burgundy. The domaine holdings cover a wide range of vineyards, including numerous grand and premier cru Chablis sites. The Fevre family has been in Chablis for 250 years, but the domaine itself wasn’t established by William Fèvre until 1959. William Fèvre himself sold the eponymous business in 1998 to Maisons et Domaines Henriot (which includes Champagne house Henriot, Beaune-based Bouchard Père et Fils and Beaux Frères). Today, Domaine William Fèvre owns around 76 hectares (190 acres) in Chablis, 15 hectares (37 acres) of which are in grand cru vineyards including Les Clos, Vaudésir, Bougros and Preuses. This variety of plots gives a complete and full profile of wines – for example, those from Bougros are typically full-bodied and rounded, while those from Vaudésir are more lively, fresh and floral. A further 16 hectares (39 acres) of vineyards are classified as premier cru (these include Fourchaume/Vaulorent, Vaillons, Montmains, Montée de Tonnerre and Les Lys). Historically, the wines were all aged in new oak, although more recently William Fère has changed to the use of barrels that are, on average, five years old, allowing for the quintessential Chablis freshness and minerality to shine through. Harvesting is all done by hand, with rigorous sorting for the premier and grand cru parcels.