Raveneau Chablis 1er cru Butteaux 2014

94 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2014 Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux is a brilliant young wine, offering up a classy bouquet of minty green apple, salty oystershells, lemon oil, wet stones and subtle white flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, ample but controlled, with a stunning alliance of elegantly glossy texture and tangy acidity. Structurally, the wine is quite tight-knit and firm at the core, with exceptional depth, though such is its balance and harmony that it's deceptively drinkable today. The true fireworks, however, will be reserved for those with the patience to cellar this Chablis for another 6 or 7 years. A strong case could be made that the 2014 is the finest Raveneau Butteaux in a decade. Drink: 2024-2040. (Aug 2018)"

94 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2014 Chablis Butteaux 1er Cru from Domaine François Raveneau is drinking beautifully, even though I am fully aware of committing infanticide. It is one of my favorite vineyards ­– and in my view, an underrated one – from a benchmark Chablis growing season. A stunning, razor-sharp bouquet offers limestone and petrichor aromas, and hints of walnut and shucked oyster shells develop with aeration. That fresh marine influence translates into a palate that displays exquisite balance and just a hint of toffee apple, closing in slightly toward the finish. There is so much tension and grace here. Brilliant. Drink: 2019-2040. (Apr 2019)"

94 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "Butteaux tends to have a lot of clay in its topsoil, but the striking base of minerality in the 2014 version from Isabelle Raveneau is truly exceptional. The absolutely beautiful nose delivers a superb constellation of apple, pear, incipient notes of anise, beeswax, complex, minerally soil tones, a bit of lemon and an exotic, delicate topnote of mint. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bdoied and rock solid at the core, with laser-like focus, superb balance and a very, very long, complex finish that closes with outstanding mineral drive. This is a great vintage of Butteaux. 2002-2050. (Nov/Dec 2015)"

94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "Certainly in the same league as the 2013, yet with a more understated, elegant style, the 2014 Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux offers a complex bouquet of white flowers, stone fruits, lemon curd, toasted nuts, and subtle yet building, flinty minerality. While this beauty starts out tight and ungiving, it blossoms with time in the glass and has a seamlessness, as well as purity, that’s world-class. Playing in the medium-bodied end of the spectrum, with bright yet integrated acidity, it needs decanting if drinking in the next couple of years, and I suspect is best with a good 4-5 years of bottle age. Drink: 2022-2037. (11/14/19)"

94 points Tim Atkin, MW: "These two adjacent parcels are at the top of the slope in Butteaux (a lieu-dit within the Montmains climat) in a very windy spot. The resulting wine is restrained and even a little backward, with lemon zest and oyster shell flavours, fine balance and focused palate length. 2018-27. (2016)"

93+ points Stephen Tanzer (Vinous): "Crushed-rock minerality dominates grapefruit and menthol on the nose. Penetrating acidity gives this rather powerful wine a youthfully clenched quality, with its tactile grapefruit, white pepper and mineral flavors rather austere in the early going. Impressively large-scaled for premier cru but more backward than the Monteé de Tonnerre. The Raveneaus normally present their Butteaux before their Montée de Tonnerre but not in this vintage. Drink: 2021-2030. (Jul 2016)"

93 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): " Mid yellow to pale gold. A delicious complex, lightly sulphured nose, thinking about wet wool. This is a real smell and watch develop experience. A faint waxiness, on the nose the wine appears to be approaching maturity. Huge intensity at the back, with both acidity and almost a tannic feel. Very good detail. (Apr 2023)"

93 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "There is excellent freshness and complexity to the layered combination of mineral reduction, pear, green apple, white flower and quinine water that could be from nowhere else but Chablis. There is equally good freshness and verve to the big-bodied, muscular and powerful flavors that possess plenty of sappy dry extract that coats the palate while buffering the impressively long, lemony, chiseled and mildly austere finish. This is still quite backwards, and while it could certainly be enjoyed now as there is so much to like, it should amply reward extended cellaring. Tasted twice in the last two years with consistent if not identical notes. Lovely juice. Drink: Try from 2022+. (Jun 2019)"