The 2009 Chablis Valmur is quite closed. There is plenty of power in the glass, but not much else. Today the Valmur isn't showing much. It is the only 2009 that appears to be showing the ill effects of its recent bottling. This will be an interesting bottle to re-visit in another 6-12 months.

(with thanks to Alex Goldstein and opened from pesonal storage). This remains a very young wine with its expressive nose of fresh, cool and restrained green fruit, sea breeze and wet stone aromas that don't display the mild over ripeness of many 2009 Chablis. There is fine detail to the mineral-inflected faovrs that culminate in an impeccably well-balanced and gorgeously persistent finish that possesses a lovely sense of harmony. There is a real sense of energy and this is still very much on the way up. I have added one year to my estimated drinking window and this should be one of the best wine of the 2009 vintage. Drink 2017+.

– Burghound.com. Tasted: Aug 2013

Pale yellow. Sexy nose combines wet stone, citrus fruits and peppery herbs. Fat, rich and sweet, conveying an impression of serious volume without weight. Turns drier and more classic on the back end, finishing broad but quite backward. This will need several years of additional bottle aging.