Ripe lemon notes on this wine's nose have hints of Mirabelle plum and lemon-peel waxiness. The palate is rounded and smooth, but shot through with ripe lemon zest. This wine is fruitier and richer than expected, but buffered by a chalky texture that hints at untold depth. The finish reveals the full dimension of the wine. Drink 2022–2040 ANNE KREBIEHL MW

I love the 2018 Montmains from Domaine Fèvre, as the wine is laser-like in its focus and synthesizes ripe, pure fruit and lovely underlying minerality. The vibrant bouquet delivers scents of fresh lime, tangerine, chalky minerality, spring flowers and a nice touch of citrus zest in the upper register. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with excellent focus and grip and a long, complex and beautifully balanced finish. First class Montmains!

Offering up aromas of crisp green orchard fruit, dried white flowers, oyster shell and iodine, the 2018 Chablis 1er Cru Montmains is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a satiny attack, fine depth at the core, lively acids and a long, expansive finish. This is very promising. - WK