2000 was a great vintage for Chablis, ripe and round but with plenty of good acidity. Fèvre were purchased a few years before and made an incredible turn around from producing over-oaked acid-juice to lovely wines of balance and style. I was quite looking forward to popping this bottle.

Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2000, William Fèvre
The nose of this shows a pleasing degree of development, it has some honeyed fat along with nuttiness and lemon fruit. The nose is very mineral. With the good lemon fruit one can almost smell the acidity, but it shows a degree of fat on the nose. The palate is linear and direct; good lemony fruit with a steely mineral/acid finish. There is some breadth, which becomes more apparent as the wine breathes. The palate does show a bit of maturity, this is drinking extremely well now. It leans toward fun, but when it comes down to it it is a wine themed on 'rigour'. One has to work for one's pleasure, but there is a lot of pleasure to be had. I don't mind thinking about something to enjoy it, and neither should you.

Based on this, I am sorely tempted to lay into my remaining 2000 Chablis with a grin on my face (and a bottle of Gaviscon on the table).