2016 Chablis Valmur
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The 2016 Chablis Valmur Grand Cru has a tightly wound bouquet with attractive pressed white flower, honeysuckle and light linseed oil aromas. The palate is very well balanced with a fine line of acidity, although this is one where I find their oak impeding towards the finish, so I will err on the side of caution with regard to my score. Give this three or four years for that to be fully subsumed.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Chablis Grand Cru Valmur wafts from the glass with faintly musky aromas of mandarin, lemon oil, green apple and wheat toast, framed by a touch of spicy new oak. On the palate, it's full-bodied, blocky and layered, with a deep core, juicy acids and a long, saline finish. It's a powerful wine that will benefit from some bottle age.
Appley, rather rich nose. Very pleasing though you have to search for the acid and structure at this stage. Quite forward but I think the build is there underneath. (JR)
(60% of this wine started in oak barrels, one of them new and the rest younger on average than those used for the Vaudésir): Pale medium yellow. Very ripe aromas of yellow peach, orange oil and spicy oak. Then thick but a bit edgy and austere in the mouth and a touch dry on the finish; disorganized today and in need of time to harmonize. Fabien Moreau believes this wine is more disjointed because it was made in barrels and tank and only recently blended.