1995 Domaine Raveneau Chablis Blanchot Grand Cru

Pretty dry and pure but just a little austere. Could do with just a tad more fruit? But certainly fresh enough. (JR)

The 1995 Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots performed brilliantly after more than two decades in bottle. It had an elegant grapefruit and clear honey-tinged bouquet that is beautifully defined and seemed to blossom in the glass, gaining more and more intensity with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied and very refined, the quality of the terroir clear to see. Very harmonious and focused, it fans out gloriously on the finish, completing a fabulous mature Blanchots that is à point. Tasted November 2016.

The 1995 Chablis Grand Cru Blanchots performed brilliantly after more than two decades in bottle. It had an elegant grapefruit and clear honey-tinged bouquet that is beautifully defined and seemed to blossom in the glass, gaining more and more intensity with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied and very refined, the quality of the terroir clear to see. Very harmonious and focused, it fans out gloriously on the finish, completing a fabulous mature Blanchots that is a point. Tasted November 2016. Mar 2017, www.robertparker.com