2000 Domaine Raveneau Chablis Valmur Grand Cru

Stylistically similar to the 2001 as this is very understated and reserved with austere, backward aromas of intense minerality and green fruit that frame elegant, pure, almost painfully intense flavors that seem to be the essence of liquid limestone all supported by racy, ripe acidity. I very much like the style of this and though this is not especially concentrated, it delivers awesome flavor authority and length that won't quit. Textbook Valmur. Allen Meadows, Burghound, Oct01,2002.

( 12.7% alcohol following modest chaptalization) Very ripe but quite reticent on the nose; more wet stone than oak influence here. At once precise and powerful, with a cool, minerally character and plenty of inner-mouth perfume. Round and chewy, supported by lovely mineral backbone. Very long, youthfully unevolved finish suggests that there even more to come.