This superb wine boasts plenty of pronounced, youthful and upfront fruit aromas, with hints of Granny Smith apple and passion fruit touched with spice, and a profound saline mineral underpinning. The texture is creamy and dense, with an almost brooding character. Isabelle Raveneau sees it as a combination of Blanchot and Valmur; for me, it is simply a triumph. Although nearly approachable now, a savvy wine lover will wait 10 years to open and consume it over the decades to come.
97 points, Charles Curtis, Decanter (Sep 2024)
The 2023 Chablis “Clos” from Domaine Raveneau is another brilliant wine in the making. The very complex bouquet wafts from the glass in a mix of lemon, pink grapefruit, tangerine, anise, beeswax, chalky soil tones, oyster shell, citrus zest and a very discreet touch of oak. On the palate the wine is deep, complex and full-bodied, with bottomless depth at the core, superb soil signature and grip, a lovely girdle of acidity and a very, very long, poised and impeccably balanced finish. All this magical wine needs is enough time in the cellar to blossom.
97 points, John Gilman, View From The Cellar (Feb 2025)
Much like the Butteaux, the brooding nose is largely dominated by mineral reduction that is liberally laced with iodine, shrimp shell, sea breeze and Granny Smith apple scents where there is a touch of wood lurking in the background. There is outstanding volume and power to the borderline painfully intense large-scaled flavors that brim with both minerality and sappy dry extract while delivering superb length on the balanced finish that is not quite as dry as it usually is. It almost goes without saying that this is compact and bult-to-age but in fact, that is precisely what this is and extended patience will absolutely be required. This might not be a 'best of all-time' Raveneau Clos but it is nonetheless an exceptionally good 2023.
95 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound (Oct 2025)
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