Samuel Billaud 'Fourneaux' 2024
Chablis 1er Cru
Burgundy, France
Regular price£326.67
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Arriving: July 2026
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| Style: White | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 12.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2026 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2032 |
| Grapes: 100% Chardonnay | |
Critic scores
89-91 RP, 90-92 NM, 94 JS, 91-94 AM, 17 JR, 89-92 JM, 93 DC, 93 GM, 95 JG
Critic reviews
"Sourced from two plots and a site that saw less damage this year, Samuel Billaud’s 2024 Chablis 1er Cru Les Fourneaux wafts from the glass with a bouquet of lemon oil, nashi pear, oyster liquor and spring flowers mingling with gooseberry. On the palate, it is medium- to full-bodied, racy and tensile yet concentrated, delivering fine depth and concluding with a pure, saline finish."
Kristaps Karklins, January 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2024 Chablis Les Fourneaux 1er Cru was cropped at a decent 30hl/ha and matured entirely in tank. This has a well-defined nose with hints of lemon curd and melted candle wax infusing the citrus fruit. The palate is fresh and vibrant. It's quite crisp and delineated with a mineral-rich finish, though I feel that the Butteaux offers a little more sustain at the moment. The 2024 is one to watch."
Neal Martin, June 2025, Vinous.com
"Samuel Billaud’s style is focused on precision and cleanliness. No winemaking reduction and very pure, nicely austere and precise. Expect mineral, oyster shells, sliced green apples and lime juice. Austere and acid-driven but so precise and salty. Drink or hold."
Zekun Shuai, May 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"(from Côte de Près Girots and Morein, neither of which were hit by hail). A cool, pure and very Chablis-like nose also displays the classic markers of lemon rind, sea breeze and oyster shell. There is even better size, weight and power to the broad-shouldered flavors that exhibit excellent length on the mineral-driven, detailed, robust and compact finale. This is quite simply an outstanding Fourneaux, a vineyard that tends to get lost when surrounded by those with greater reputations, so don’t overlook it as this is impressive. (91-94)/2032+"
, Burghound.com
"Quite different from the Butteaux, less fruity aromatically, a touch of blossom but mostly tense citrus. Engaging in its delicacy with crushed stones more in evidence. Acidity is more noticeable here but there’s still a creamy roundness on the long finish with a slight and attractive grip in the texture. Elegant, chalkily dry finish. Needs time."
Julia Harding, August 2025, JancisRobinson.com
"The right-bank climat Forneaux, located away from the river, was among the areas least affected by the hail and mildew in 2024. Here, the grapes deliver a wine with a seductive aroma of passion fruit and verbena, and a texture that blends rich intensity with a firm, mineral underpinning. Fermentation is done entirely in tank. Should drink well in two or three years and last another 15 beyond that."
Charles Curtis, September 2025, Decanter.com
"Sanuel lost the least here, just a touch of frost in parts. Almost a full yield in the end. Pale lemon yellow. Attractively floral though still with a marine note. Even if Les Fourneaux does not fill the mouth quite as Butteaux does, it has a lemon minerality and fine sense of balance. "
, InsideBurgundy.com
"There is a linear quality to this, but also a bit of depth. Hints of cream. Bright, linear acidity with lime and crystalline lemon. Nice tension."
Jamie Goode, WineAnorak.com, August 2025, WineAnorak.com
Kristaps Karklins, January 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2024 Chablis Les Fourneaux 1er Cru was cropped at a decent 30hl/ha and matured entirely in tank. This has a well-defined nose with hints of lemon curd and melted candle wax infusing the citrus fruit. The palate is fresh and vibrant. It's quite crisp and delineated with a mineral-rich finish, though I feel that the Butteaux offers a little more sustain at the moment. The 2024 is one to watch."
Neal Martin, June 2025, Vinous.com
"Samuel Billaud’s style is focused on precision and cleanliness. No winemaking reduction and very pure, nicely austere and precise. Expect mineral, oyster shells, sliced green apples and lime juice. Austere and acid-driven but so precise and salty. Drink or hold."
Zekun Shuai, May 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"(from Côte de Près Girots and Morein, neither of which were hit by hail). A cool, pure and very Chablis-like nose also displays the classic markers of lemon rind, sea breeze and oyster shell. There is even better size, weight and power to the broad-shouldered flavors that exhibit excellent length on the mineral-driven, detailed, robust and compact finale. This is quite simply an outstanding Fourneaux, a vineyard that tends to get lost when surrounded by those with greater reputations, so don’t overlook it as this is impressive. (91-94)/2032+"
, Burghound.com
"Quite different from the Butteaux, less fruity aromatically, a touch of blossom but mostly tense citrus. Engaging in its delicacy with crushed stones more in evidence. Acidity is more noticeable here but there’s still a creamy roundness on the long finish with a slight and attractive grip in the texture. Elegant, chalkily dry finish. Needs time."
Julia Harding, August 2025, JancisRobinson.com
"The right-bank climat Forneaux, located away from the river, was among the areas least affected by the hail and mildew in 2024. Here, the grapes deliver a wine with a seductive aroma of passion fruit and verbena, and a texture that blends rich intensity with a firm, mineral underpinning. Fermentation is done entirely in tank. Should drink well in two or three years and last another 15 beyond that."
Charles Curtis, September 2025, Decanter.com
"Sanuel lost the least here, just a touch of frost in parts. Almost a full yield in the end. Pale lemon yellow. Attractively floral though still with a marine note. Even if Les Fourneaux does not fill the mouth quite as Butteaux does, it has a lemon minerality and fine sense of balance. "
, InsideBurgundy.com
"There is a linear quality to this, but also a bit of depth. Hints of cream. Bright, linear acidity with lime and crystalline lemon. Nice tension."
Jamie Goode, WineAnorak.com, August 2025, WineAnorak.com