Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Bougros 'Côte de Bouguerots' 2024

DON'T MISS! 94-97 POINTS - Allen Meadows - Burghound.com, Oct 2025
“Classic Chablis nuances of iodine, quinine, mineral reduction, oyster shell and lemon-lime add impressive breadth to the mostly white orchard fruit scents. Once again the palate impression of the super-sleek and intense large-scaled flavors is borderline thick while displaying superb power and drive on the youthfully austere and beautifully balanced finale. This is breathtakingly good.” Drink: 2036+

95 POINTS - Charles Curtis MW - Decanter, Sep 2025
“This is always a special bottling from William Fèvre. In 2024 it is superb, with a sunny, bright lemon peel and nectarine fruit character, hints of saline minerality and fresh white flowers. The texture is elegantly ripe but exquisitely balanced and marvellously long on the palate. The grapes are from the thin soils of the steep edge of the Bougros climat with the river at the base. Fèvre owns 2ha here, making it the largest owner. Tragically, only four barrels were produced from this expanse in 2024.” Drink: 2035 - 2060

92-94 POINTS - Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy, Jul 2025
“6 hl/ha. A pure and glowing lemon yellow. The precision of the bouquet is impressive, with a slight marine reduction. Fine boned yet with backbone. There is significant energy behind, this has absolutely retained the style of the vineyard, less intense than some years but exceptionally fine.” Drink: 2029 - 2035

91-93 POINTS - Neal Martin - Vinous, Jun 2025
“The 2024 Chablis Bougros Côte Bouguerots Grand Cru was limited to just four barrels this vintage. It has a crisp, stony bouquet with light-pressed white flower scents and sea spray. The palate is quite penetrating on the entry with a silver bead of acidity and plenty of orchard fruit mixed with chai and ginger. This is one of the most complex cuvées toward the finish. It deserves bottle age.” Drink: 2028 - 2047

Winery
Domaine William Fèvre is one of the benchmark estates of Chablis, with holdings concentrated across the appellation's Premier and Grand Cru climats on classic Kimmeridgian limestone and marl. Under winemaker Didier Séguier the domaine pursues purity and precision: fruit is hand-picked, strictly sorted and gently pressed, with a measured use of oak adding texture without masking the wines' mineral core.

Wine
Côte de Bouguerots is a steep, low-yielding parcel at the river's edge of the Bougros climat, where thin clay and gravel soils give intense, age-worthy wines. Fèvre is the largest owner with 2 hectares, yet in 2024 yields of just 6 hl/ha produced only four barrels.

Vintage Notes
2024 was a vintage that left a lasting impression. After a particularly mild February, March continued mild with very wet conditions. April brought two nights of frost and a first, minor episode of hail, before a very heavy hailstorm struck the Chablis vineyards on 1 May, severely affecting the left bank. May and June saw fluctuating temperatures that slowed flowering, while alternating rain and thunderstorms led to high mildew pressure. Hail struck again at the end of July, giving way to a drier and warmer August, and September began mildly, allowing the grapes to ripen. Harvest began on 20 September in good conditions, with a larger team of 220 pickers bringing everything in within three and a half days. The quality was there, but the succession of climatic hazards had a significant impact on volumes: the domaine's average yield after strict sorting was just 9 hl/ha, and many Grand Cru plots yielded only five to six.