Raveneau Chablis 1er cru Montée de Tonnerre 2020

96 points La Revue du Vin de France: "Tapered, Montee de Tonnerre is more austere, with slender limestone notes: its refinement and its peacock-tail finish indicate its potential. (2023)"

95 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "Aromas of pear, peach, orange oil, white flowers, freshly baked bread and beeswax introduce the 2020 Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre, a medium to full-bodied, rich and concentrated wine that's layered and fragrant, with a fleshy core of fruit, fine tension and a long, saline finish. This is a young Montée de Tonnerre that really resembles a baby Clos this year. Drink: 2025-2050. (Jul 2022)"

95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2020 Montée de Tonnerre chez Raveneau is another stunning wine in the making. The nose is bright, pure and youthful, jumping from the glass in a mix of apple, lemon, pear, paraffin, a superb base of limestone minerality and a topnote of dried flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and properly reserved in personality today, with again, a rock solid core, a complex undertow of chalky minerality, bright, snappy acids and a very long, focused and superbly balanced finish. Another great young wine. 2030-2080. (Nov/Dec 2021)"

95 points/'Outstanding,' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from several parcels totaling 2.5 ha with two-thirds of it in Chapelot and the remainder in Pied d'Aloup). A more elegant and ultra-cool nose reveals its combination of floral, citrus zest, iodine and that briny sea water character the best examples of Chablis all seem to possess, all of which is trimmed in moderate but not invasive wood. There isn't quite the same volume on the palate as the Butteaux, but the middleweight flavors are notably more refined before terminating in a driving, chiseled and citrusy bone-dry finale. I very much like the focused power of the finish and this classy effort should also amply reward extended cellaring. Drink: 2032+. (Oct 2022)"

95 points Christy Canterbury, MW (TimAtkin.com): "This is textbook Chablis. The nose smells of savory lees and apple core combined with chalk and freshly-snipped herbs. The concentrated mid-palate is mildly creamy and tacks on a touch of vanilla and spice. This is an assemblage of ten parcels, including Chapelot which is sometimes bottled separately. 2023-35. (2022)"

93-95 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "Pale colour with a light reduction. This has slightly shut the wine down on the palate until you reach the finish where it explodes into a hitherto unseen peacock’s tail of flavour. A second barrel avoids the reduction and is much more open from the start, a little touch of cream on the stones. More opulent, more gracious and still with the wealth of fruit behind. What a contrast with the Vaillons but I love them both. (Jun 2021)"