Top scoring Chablis 2016 wines
See the top scoring Chablis 2016 wines, rated by William Kelley following his en primeur tastings in Burgundy.
Top Chablis 2016 wines
Chablis was one of the appellations to suffer most from frost, plus hail and mildew, in the Burgundy 2016 vintage, with many producers losing a significant proportion of their harvest.
‘The 2016s will be scarce,’ said William Kelley, in his Burgundy 2016 vintage report published on Decanter.com before Christmas for Premium members.
‘Many Chablis wines, especially those from frosted vineyards, are exotic and rather atypical, but some producers have done well.’
The following wines have all scored 93 points and above, tasted en primeur in Burgundy by William Kelley.
See the top scoring Chablis wines below:
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Vincent Dauvissat, Chablis, Les Preuses Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2015
Firm, toasty nose, very ripe. Good attack showing flesh and texture too, with fine concentration and considerable minerality on the finish. Restrained, elegant, balanced, taut,...
2015
Vincent DauvissatChablis
Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, Les Clos Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Clos is a stunner this year, opening in the glass with a complex bouquet of lemon zest, preserved citrus, crème pâtissière, chalky soil tones...
2016
Domaine François RaveneauChablis
Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Montée de Tonnerre is superb this year, bursting from the glass with a complex bouquet of apple blossom, tangerine, confit citrus, peach and an...
2016
Domaine François RaveneauChablis
Domaine Louis Michel, Chablis, Les Clos Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
94
The Clos is excellent this year, opening in the glass with aromas of confit citrus, Meyer lemon, wet stones and a smoky framing of light reduction. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and powerful - the most powerful of Michel’s grand cru bottlings - with intense, chalky minerality, superb depth, tensile acids and a long, vibrant finish.
2016
Domaine Louis MichelChablis
Patrick Piuze, Chablis, Les Preuses Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Preuses is the king of the cellar in 2016, offering up a classic nose of white flowers, oyster shell, salty soil tones and hints...
2016
Patrick PiuzeChablis
Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, Valmur Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Valmur was showing brilliantly when I tasted it in October, offering up a surprisingly expressive bouquet of apple, spring flowers, lemon rind and oyster...
2016
Domaine François RaveneauChablis
Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, Blanchot Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Blanchot is quite rich and gourmand this year, its bouquet of orange blossom, tangerine and preserved lemon introduce a textural, glossy palate with a...
2016
Domaine François RaveneauChablis
Domaine William Fèvre, Chablis, Les Preuses Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Preuses is also nicely classic in 2016, wafting from the glass with notes of citrus oil, flowers, wet stones, sea breeze and a touch...
2016
Domaine William FèvreChablis
Domaine Louis Michel, Chablis, 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Montée de Tonnerre is another highlight in the Louis Michel range in 2016, opening in the glass with notes of apple, citrus zest, oyster...
2016
Domaine Louis MichelChablis
Domaine William Fèvre, Chablis, Les Clos Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Clos is excellent this year, opening in the glass with a complex nose of orange blossom and zest, confit citrus and a touch of...
2016
Domaine William FèvreChablis
Domaine Louis Michel, Chablis, 1er Cru Séchet, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Séchet is superb this year, revealing complex aromas of citrus pith, grapefruit, rock salt and a touch of mint. The wine’s glossy attack is...
2016
Domaine Louis MichelChablis
Patrick Piuze, Chablis, Les Clos Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
This was shut down when I tasted it in October, opening in the glass with notes of orange rind, preserved lemon, fresh peach and chalky...
2016
Patrick PiuzeChablis
Domaine Louis Michel, Chablis, Grenouilles Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Grenouilles is quite ripe in profile, but it’s nonetheless more classic in style than Les Clos, with a pretty nose of citrus zest, white...
2016
Domaine Louis MichelChablis
Patrick Piuze, Chablis, Valmur Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
Piuze’s Valmur is another highlight of the range this year, revealing a lovely nose of honey, white flowers, iodine and preserved lemon. On the palate...
2016
Patrick PiuzeChablis
Louis Jadot, Chablis, Les Clos Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Clos is good this year, its reserved nose of wet stones, citrus pith and honey followed by a full-bodied, complete palate with good concentration,...
2016
Louis JadotChablis
Domaine François Raveneau, Chablis, 1er Cru Butteaux, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Butteaux is excellent in 2016, offering up a classic nose of apple, spring flowers, beeswax and chalky soil tones, framed by a light reduction....
2016
Domaine François RaveneauChablis
Domaine William Fèvre, Chablis, Valmur Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, 2016
The Valmur is excellent this year, opening in the glass with a cool, reserved nose of apple, iodine, oyster shell, lemon zest and toasted wheat....
2016
Domaine William FèvreChablis
