Samuel Billaud 'Fourneaux' 2020
Chablis 1er Cru
Burgundy, France
Regular price£755.47
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Arriving: Late July 2025
| Style: White | Packaging: |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2024 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2042 |
| Grapes: 100% Chardonnay | |
Critic scores
91-93 NM, 89-92 AM, 90-92 JM, 92 DC, 93 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2020 Chablis Les Fourneaux 1er Cru presents a complex nose of citrus peel, red apple and crushed limestone, plus traces of white peach and a very light pastry/millefeuille scent. The palate is well balanced, taut and linear, with a saline entry. It gains weight and depth toward the finish and leaves lip-smacking salinity on the aftertaste. Excellent."
Neal Martin, June 2021, Vinous.com
"A vague suggestion of the exotic is present on the quinine-inflected white and yellow orchard fruit aromas. There is excellent density and power to the muscular larger-scaled flavors that flirt with rusticity on the lingering and balanced finish that is also sufficiently firm to warrant at least a few years of cellaring."
Allen Meadows, October 2021, Burghound.com
"Another premier cru produced from bought-in grapes, the warmth of the vintage can be seen in the fuller, riper, fleshier style, yet this is a premier cru which has an extra layer of depth and concentration. A serious Chablis which is destined to age well."
Andy Howard, October 2021, Decanter.com
"Pale light yellow. The nose is classic middle of the road Chablis, less instantly recognisable as a specific terroir, but opens out really well with a little touch of acidity to finish. Very attractive all round Chablis 1er Cru."
Jasper Morris, July 2021, InsideBurgundy.com
Neal Martin, June 2021, Vinous.com
"A vague suggestion of the exotic is present on the quinine-inflected white and yellow orchard fruit aromas. There is excellent density and power to the muscular larger-scaled flavors that flirt with rusticity on the lingering and balanced finish that is also sufficiently firm to warrant at least a few years of cellaring."
Allen Meadows, October 2021, Burghound.com
"Another premier cru produced from bought-in grapes, the warmth of the vintage can be seen in the fuller, riper, fleshier style, yet this is a premier cru which has an extra layer of depth and concentration. A serious Chablis which is destined to age well."
Andy Howard, October 2021, Decanter.com
"Pale light yellow. The nose is classic middle of the road Chablis, less instantly recognisable as a specific terroir, but opens out really well with a little touch of acidity to finish. Very attractive all round Chablis 1er Cru."
Jasper Morris, July 2021, InsideBurgundy.com
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