Raveneau Chablis Blanchot Grand Cru 2010

97 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "I opened the 2010 Raveneau Chablis Blanchot for a simple lunch on a Monday. It was tremendous, with an utterly thrilling mix of rich orchard and tropical fruit allied to superb structural depth. There was a little bit of wine left, so I put the bottle in the refrigerator, where I promptly forgot about it for four days. When I went back to the wine, I was quite frankly floored. After four days, some of the youthful fruit intensity had receded, while the wine had become fresher, more mineral-driven and quite a bit more focused. That last quarter-bottle was alive, vibrant and so full of life. I could not help thinking that I massively underrated the wine when it was younger. As for the 2010 Valmur and Clos, they are also drinking spectacularly well at this stage, although there are still very, very young. In that respect, the wines have not ‘developed’ very, very gradually over the last handful of years. At a time when consumers are terrified of losing their young white Burgundies to premox, I am happy to report that readers lucky enough to own the 2010 Raveneau Blanchot, Valmur and/or Clos have absolutely nothing to worry about. And back to the Blanchot, it is an absolutely stunning wine. Drink: 2018-2028. (Nov 2018)"

95 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2010 Raveneau Blanchots is another really excellent wine in the making, and while it will drink sooner than is customary for this wine, it shows no shortage of minerality or crispness at the present time. The bouquet is deep and really lovely in its blend of apple, pear, lemon oil, terres blanches, beeswax, citrus peel and spring flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and racy, with a fine core of fruit, bright acids, fine focus and balance and lovely length and grip on the zesty and very minerally finish. This is really a beautiful bottle of wine! 2014-2040. (Nov/Dec 2011)"

95 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "As was the case when I first reviewed it, there is stunning aromatic complexity to the white flower, algae, iodine and mineral reduction notes. There is ample refinement and polish to the understated, pure and dazzlingly precise mineral-inflected flavors that culminate in an impressively deep and impeccably well-balanced and superbly long finish. Textbook Blanchot that is drinking well now but I sense there is still some development potential remaining so I would be inclined to give this stunner another 3 to 5 years of patience. Drink: 2025+. (Oct 2022)"

95 points Antonio Galloni (Wine Advocate): "An intriguing, rich, almost tropical expression of fruit emerges from the 2010 Chablis Blanchot, owing to the warmer microclimate in this site. The Blanchots is ripe, seductive and enveloping. Stylistically it is one of the flashier 2010s here. Layers of fruit build to the deeply resonant, radiant finish. The Blanchot should drink well relatively early. Anticipated maturity: 2015+. (8/30/12)"

94 points (17/20) La Revue du Vin de France: "While the Blanchot Chot grand cru shows off its legendary richness, it retains a mineral finish that brings the wine back into balance. (Jan 2013)"