The 2016 Domaine Francois Raveneau ‘Foret’ Chablis is a massive wine that is wound up tighter than a top at the present moment. Needing more than an hour decant to slowly evolve aromatically, the wine gradually takes shape in the glass with bright nectarine skin, green apple, clove and wild mushroom tones that complement the beam of salinity. The palate has incredible energy and freshness, showing bright kumquat zest, diatomaceous earth, peat moss with flinty undertones and a sterling minerality. Fantastic and intense in its youth, this really needs another year of bottle age to fully get going. Drink 2020-2035
The 2016 Domaine Francois Raveneau ‘Foret’ Chablis is a massive wine that is wound up tighter than a top at the present moment. Needing more than an hour decant to slowly evolve aromatically, the wine gradually takes shape in the glass with bright nectarine skin, green apple, clove and wild mushroom tones that complement the beam of salinity. The palate has incredible energy and freshness, showing bright kumquat zest, diatomaceous earth, peat moss with flinty undertones and a sterling minerality. Fantastic and intense in its youth, this really needs another year of bottle age to fully get going. Drink 2020-2035
Jul 3rd, 2019
Chablis, Burgundy, France
