2010 Domaine Francois Raveneau Valmur Chablis Grand Cru Magnum (1500ml)

Other Reviews....
This could be from nowhere but Chablis with its wonderfully penetrating nose of green fruit, citrus, mineral reduction and oyster shell aromas that presently display no hint of secondary character. The broad-scaled yet refined flavors are rich and generous yet retain a fine sense of underlying detail before culminating in a gorgeously intense, pure and driving finish that displays magnificent persistent as well as plenty of the typical Valmur austerity. In a word, brilliant and it's only going to get better with time.
96 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

The Raveneau 2010 Chablis Valmur displays chalk dust and fusil notes, pit and pip piquancy, as well as strong underlying extract, in all of which respects it resembles the 2010 Montee de Tonnerre I tasted alongside. But what a site-driven divergence there is from that starting point! Here we experience the finesse of alluring aromatic adjuncts – lemongrass, iris, gentian and wintergreen – as well as mouthwatering suggestions of shrimp shell reduction and oyster liqueur; and the finish is both strikingly buoyant for its vintage and downright reverberative in an interactive manor especially familiar from this estate’s Les Clos. Look for excitement through 2030.
95 points
David Schildknecht - Wine Advocate #208 (Aug 2013)

The 2010 Chablis Valmur is intense, rich and heady, but also has more than enough acidity to back things up. It is at once rich yet weightless in its expression of fruit, which is rare for Valmur. Hints of slate, crushed rocks, peaches and apricots meld together on the dramatic, enveloping finish. The Valmur is every bit as fabulous as it was when I tasted it last year from barrel.
96 points
Antonio Galloni - Vinous