| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy, Chablis |
| Producer | François Raveneau |
| Year | 2023 |
| Classification | AOP 1er Cru Butteaux |
| Grapes | 100% Chardonnay |
| Color | White |
| Alcohol % | 13 |
| Drinking Window | now to 2038 |
| Condition | Perfect label, capsule, top fill. Actual bottle shown in gallery. |
| Content | 750 ml |
2023
François Raveneau 1er Cru Butteaux 2023
Not ready
The Raveneau Butteaux 2023 is approaching its drinking window, with the broader 2023 vintage in Chablis maturing earlier than 2018, 2020 or 2022. Isabelle Raveneau has described the 2023s as “lively, very approachable and modern Chablis — ripe but not extravagant, very drinkable, but not a cerebral vintage.”
Butteaux, however, was the most structured of the Raveneau Premier Crus this year: Sarah Marsh MW called it “the fullest, grippiest, sappiest, and most structured” of the Montmains-sector lieux-dits in 2023, and Burghound described the wine as consistently the reference standard for the vineyard. As a result, the 2023 Butteaux carries more weight and sapidity than the appellation average, and will reward another five to seven years in bottle before it shows what it has. Drink 2028–2038. Sourced in excellent condition.
€ 275,00
Last bottle available
| Weight | 1 kg |
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Reviews
Vinous - 94
The 2023 Chablis Les Butteaux 1er Cru conveys a sense of completeness on the nose that draws you into its charms. Its yellow plum, crushed rock and sea cave aromas are as beautifully defined as ever. The palate is very harmonious with a fine bead of acidity, real depth and sapidity, building toward a long yet tender finish that lingers in the mouth. This was difficult to spit out…
François Raveneau
Domaine François Raveneau, based in the village of Chablis, has been led by Bernard and Jean-Marie Raveneau since the 1970s, while the next generation — Isabelle and Maxime — is now closely involved. Annual production is around 3,000 cases across the full range of Premiers and Grands Crus, which makes Raveneau one of the smallest serious estates in the appellation.
The cellar approach is unfashionably traditional: long élevage in older feuillettes (132 litres), no battonage, no new oak. Allocation, not purchase, determines who receives bottles each year.
Terroir
Butteaux is a lieu-dit on the left bank of the Serein within the Montmains sector, sitting higher on the slope and on shallower soils than Montmains itself. The bedrock is Kimmeridgian marl — clay-limestone studded with the Exogyra virgula oyster fossils typical of the appellation — but because the parcel is more exposed to the prevailing winds and further from the sheltered Serein valley, Butteaux ripens more slowly than the right-bank Premier Crus opposite. As a result, the wine retains acidity even in warm vintages and ages on a notably long curve.
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