Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot 1996
Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot 1996
In Bond, excludes duty and VAT · 1x75cl
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One bottle of Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot 1996, offered In Bond from one of our suppliers, usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed. Price per bottle, In Bond UK.
Duty and VAT are payable only if you later withdraw the wine from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
Price per bottle £951.00 In Bond, excludes duty and VATIn bond price. Duty and VAT quoted on enquiry
1 available, 1x75cl
Offered in bond. Duty and VAT are not included and become payable only if the wine is withdrawn from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.
UK duty is charged on a wine's alcohol strength (ABV). Until we have confirmed the ABV of this wine we cannot take a duty-paid order, so a duty-paid basket is sent to us as an enquiry. We reply with a delivered price including duty and VAT.
This wine comes from one of our suppliers and is usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.
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- Format
- 1x75cl
- Vintage
- 1996
- Producer
- Domaine Francois Raveneau
- Origin
- Chablis, France
- Type
- White
- Duty status
- In Bond
- Availability
- From our supplier, 6 to 8 weeks
What the critics say
93-95 WAWine Advocate, Pierre Rovani, 23-02-1998
Raveneau's superb Chablis Blanchots displays a gorgeously ripe, floral and honeyed nose. On the palate, this amazingly concentrated, full-bodied, structured, powerful, yet elegant and feminine wine boasts layers of mineral, flint and traces of butterscotch flavors that linger in the finish. Projected maturity: 2004-2010. The rating, with the range of scores in parentheses, indicates the wine was tasted from cask, not bottle. Bernard Raveneau feels that the 1996s he and his brother Jean-Marie crafted will require ten years of cellaring before being approachable because of their tightly wound, high acid structures. His father, Francois Raveneau, has reportedly compared them to his '69s. I have not tasted any 1969 Domaine Raveneau bottlings so I cannot comment on the comparison, but found his remark interesting because most other vignerons I met in Chablis and the Cote d'Or were unable to recall a similar vintage (the only exception to this being Dauvissat's father who reportedly compared the 1996 vintage to 1949). This estate's cellars, like those of Rene & Vincent Dauvissat, resemble the cellars of the Cote d'Or. Why? Instead of the massive foudres and stainless steel cuves found in other Chablis cellars, the Raveneaus and Dauvissats use oak barrels to ferment and age their wines. The Raveneaus lived up to their reputation with the 1996 vintage, crafting stunningly complex, beautifully ripe, highly delineated, crystalline and exceedingly long wines. Readers who wish to taste benchmark Chablis are advised to locate some of these gems (they will be bottled in April and early May).
Drink 2004 to 2010
Scores supplied through Liv-ex
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