Raveneau, Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux, 2023 SO031024_other_bordeaux and a little less sweet

and a little less sweet

where limestone dominates and the wines develop a taut

After 12 years of maturation in traditional oak

with flavors of dark plum

and saline minerality

Raveneau, Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux, 2023 SO031024_other_bordeaux and a little less sweetFranois Raveneaus sons Bernard and Jean Marie command eight hectares of Chabliss finest sitesthree Grand Crus and six Premier Crus scattered across the regions Kimmeridgian landscape. Butteaux, among the highest of their holdings, sits on shallow marly limestone with blue clay, south and east facing for ripeness, windswept for freshness. The wine tastes of flint and tension, strength without heaviness. In 2023a warm, approachable vintage that Isabelle