Community Tasting Note

AJ72 wrote:

Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Salty, very salty. Initial impression is of brine but seawater instead of shell has me worried. Colour good, nose good if a little bit subdued. Tastes too bitter to be correct. Giving it time. The nose is flinty and ethereal but I'm not sold on the palate. The nose suggests it's going to be fantastic! I'm still waiting for this thing to takeoff. A third of the way in to this bottle and the palate is starting to come around, slowly. This has been the longest I've ever waited to see what I thought would materialise initially but it's now starting to open up. Decanter would help a lot with this wine. Been open about an hour and now it's coming together. Very salty/brine character is now giving way to that more classic textural quality that makes Chablis so good. This is so weird this bottle but now it's building complexity in the glass. I don't think I've ever seen such a transformation in a wine from almost unpleasant to almost sublime. It's definitely defined by a salty/acidic spine and is leaner than other vintages I've had but you can still see the Raveneau greatness in what looks to be a difficult vintage. Probably not the best Butteaux I've ever had but a wine of great character and personality. Keeps getting better as the edginess melts away. Really good now. So backward to begin now the purity coming through, wet stone, calcare. I could have overlooked/dismissed this rough diamond on other nights you need patience with this wine.

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