Domaine François Raveneau Chablis Premier Cru Butteaux 2023 750ml

Domaine François Raveneau’s Chablis Premier Cru Butteaux is among the most profound and singular expressions of white Burgundy produced anywhere in France — a wine of such rarity, depth, and intellectual complexity that it commands reverence from collectors and critics who regard Raveneau as the unassailable pinnacle of Chablis winemaking. Butteaux is a distinguished Premier Cru climat in the Montmains vineyard, planted on the north-west facing slopes above the Serein river in soils of ancient Kimmeridgian limestone that impart a character of remarkable richness, texture, and layered mineral complexity distinct from the more austere, vertically-driven style of Montée de Tonnerre. In Raveneau’s hands — aged in old oak in the family’s ancient cellar with the patience and conviction of a producer who answers to terroir and time alone — the 2023 vintage produces a Butteaux of extraordinary concentration, honeyed stone fruit, and the deep, resonant mineral persistence that marks it as a wine of genuinely rare and enduring greatness.

• Producer: Domaine François Raveneau
• Appellation: Chablis Premier Cru AOC
• Climat: Butteaux (within Montmains)
• Grape: 100% Chardonnay
• Vintage: 2023
• Region: Chablis, Burgundy, France
• Soils: Kimmeridgian limestone and clay
• Vinification: Aged in old French oak in the family’s historic cellar
• ABV: 13%
• Volume: 750ml
• Country: France
• Drinking Window: 2027–2045+
• Serve: Well chilled at 10–12°C; pairs with lobster, turbot, scallops, or aged Comté