December 28, 2023 - Yellow. Briny, iodine aromas. Medium to lighter weight. Mixed yellow and green citrus, excellent salinity, outstanding acidity, and a long, crunchy, soil-laced finish. Youthful and full of energy.
April 18, 2023 - Opened 3 hours before serving. Healthy medium yellow. A whiff of reduction right out of the bottle, but that was gone by time we drank the wine. Ripe citrus and light iodine. Succulent fruit, moderate salinity and acidity, excellent length. Open and drinking very well now, but not as exciting and crisp as bottles were in early 2022 and 2020. Seems to be at best at a plateau of maturity that suggest early consumption from this point onward.
September 2, 2022 - Medium yellow. Algal and citrus scents. Medium weight with an excellent glycerine feel. Ripe fruit, not that much minerality, very good acidity, only moderate intensity. Not as good as a bottle earlier this year.
February 26, 2022 - A seriously good bottle of Chablis, at a perfect point in its evolution to my taste. Real heft and presence. A pleasure to drink and a great pairing with lemon risotto and sautéed shrimp.
February 1, 2022 - Concentrated from the bouquet to the finish; dry, stony, almonds, gentle wood followed by a quite stony/salty impression and a superbly balanced aftertaste, again the almonds and, although white, an impression of ripe tannins, The wine has a kind of introverted style (the opposite of the 2015 Olivier Leflaive Puligny Les Enseignères); still not completely developed, still restrained. What a beauty already now, but there is maybe more to come.
January 13, 2022 - Decanted for an hour. Medium yellow. I must say that this is the most exuberantly fruity Dauvissat I've had in a long while-ripe lemon drop and orange rind take the lead. Succulent, glycerine texture bolstered by great acidity. The iodine and kelp are there toward the end, but they take a back seat to the fruit. I'm not complaining, just observing, and also admiring the length of the finish. This would be Grand Cru level in many people's eyes.
October 11, 2020 - Light golden in colour. Took about 30-45 mins to lose aN odd hint of oak that I hadn’t noticed in prior bottles. Thereafter Classical Chablis on the nose of oyster shells. Salty. Very clean on the palate. Lots of minerality. Still a lot of underlying acidity, framed with sweetness of fruit, suggesting a decent life ahead.Soft and giving mouthfeel.
Really continue to enjoy the wines from Dauvissat. This certainly has a generosity and welcomingness which is hard not to admire.
August 6, 2020 - Light golden in colour. Classical Chablis on the nose of oyster shells. Salty. Very clean on the palate. Lots of minerality. Still a lot of underlying acidity, framed with sweetness of fruit, suggesting a decent life ahead. Followed for an hour or so, with minimal evolution, remained fairly consistent. Giving lots of pleasure now, but should continue to improve.
July 31, 2020 - Pretty prominent sulfur- matchstick reduction at first, but it gives way to chalky oyster shell, citrus and tart apple all with a cool juxtaposition of waxy and steely notes. Dense, and at first pretty close to the vest, with plenty of dry extract that is still tightly coiled on opening. It fans out over a couple hours into a soil, acid and savory more than fruit driven wine. More oyster shell, chalky, steely notes, along with some honey, cashew, and citrus fruit. Chiseled yet broad. Power and precision. A contemplative, dense yet focused serious Chablis. Like licking chalky rocks. Mouthwatering. Early peak.
April 28, 2020 - Perfect pale yellow/greenish color. Some transient reductive stink, white flowers, and tide pool. Classic lemon attack, herb, and guava jelly with outstanding mid-palate density and texture followed by an explosive, powerful finish laced with acidity and gravelly soil. Wow! This was fantastic and not what I had expected from previous tastings in 2016 and 2019 when the wine seemed fatter and less classic. All I can say is do not be fooled by the early richness Dauvissat wines can show in riper vintages. I have made this mistake multiple times when tasting young wines from vintages such as 2009 and 2006 (even 2003), and invariably, the wines become leaner over time. Such is the case here, and the 2012 Forest has morphed into a compelling wine.