Domaine William Fevre, Chablis Clos

Domaine William Fevre, Chablis Clos(from 4 separate parcels totaling 4. 11 ha, 3 of which are all at the top of the slope). A broadranging and wonderfully elegant array features notes of spice, green apple, grapefruit, lemon rind and copious Chablis elements. Remarkably for a wine that is gorgeously refined, the medium bodied and concentrated flavors are even more powerful than those of the Bougros and Valmur, all wrapped in a superbly complex, saline and balanced finish where the

Gaja is one of the very few growers who got it right

plenty of black fruit laced with tar and black pepper

fresh and even cool yet ripe liqueur-like red and black currant aromas that are liberally sprinkled with sauvage

Once again there is just enough wood to point out along with hints of menthol

There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

11% cabernet franc and 7% petit verdot)

I was frankly shocked to find that the aromatic profile here was even more elegant and arguably finer than that of the Amoureuses with its bright red and blue pinot fruit

Here the sense of delicacy is nearly weightless

concentrated Tempranillo with abundant

Stains the palate with intense black raspberry and bitter cherry flavors

The 2001 is still fresh

high glycerin and good acidity