Domaine Eleni & Edouard Vocoret - Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux 2022 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Price: $96.00
| Producer | Domaine Eleni & Edouard Vocoret |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 9001 |
| Size | 750ml |
Vinous: 93-95 Points
The 2022 Chablis Les Butteaux 1er Cru has a very perfumed bouquet with yellow plum wet stone hints of jasmine and melted wax. This is very complex. The palate is well-balanced taut and fresh with a fine bead of acidity and nice edginess with a saline finish. Harmonious and sophisticated this will age beautifully in bottle. (Drink between 2025-2042)
Wine Advocate: 91-93 Points
The 2022 Chablis 1er Cru Les Butteaux is deep and seamless exhibiting aromas of sweet citrus fruits green apple white flowers oyster shell beeswax and a subtle hint of petrol followed by a medium to full-bodied pure and satiny palate animated by bright acids and concluding with a saline finish. Chablis may not be the most dynamic of Burgundy's subregions but Eleni and Edouard Vocoret are among the most ambitious new arrivals on the scene and it was good to finally see full cellars at this address after the tiny quantities produced in 2021. The real expansion of the estate with prime grand cru parcels comes this year but in 2022 there are already a number of new cuvées to take stock of including one produced from vineyards farmed with high canopies without hedging a technique that is popular among avant garde domaines in the Côte d'Or but which has yet to be much tested in Chablis (spoiler: it works). As I've written before the Vocorets farm their vineyards without herbicides or pesticides and harvest by hand. In the cellar vinification is in tank followed by élevage in used barrels?very much in the mold of Vincent Dauvissat one of the young couple's mentors. Published: Sep 07 2023
Burghound: 91-93 Points
Cool and restrained aromas are composed by notes essence of pear white flower ocean spray and a more subtle dollop of mineral reduction. The succulent and concentrated flavors also possess evident power and intensity both of which carry over to the sneaky long balanced and moderately dry finale. This could use better depth but a few years of keeping should successfully address that. In a word lovely. (Drink starting 2029)
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