Light Gold-ish color; caramel, lemon pledge, super tangy, flral, heady, med.+ body with super intensity; lovely elegant yet powerful and long. Tied for #1 with my 07 Dauvissat Preuse. DD, Capital Seafood BH
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Having selected Raveneau Valmur of the same vintage the prior night I thought it’d be fun to compare Dauvissat’s Clos. Also with a requested pre-dinner decant, it’s fresh, classic in style, seamlessly balanced between power and elegance and highly aromatic with layers of yellow orchard fruit, citrus blossoms, beeswax and stony minerals. The palate is rich, but not as dense and textural as the Raveneau was, but shows great purity and focus with racy citrusy acids, a sea spray-like salinity and a long mineral inflicted finale. Excellent.
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Three Chardonnays at home (Wellington, NZ): In my cellar, the bottle seemed to have a protruding cork, so I opened it that night. Drunk over three evenings, during which it barely changed. Drinking cleanly, with no faults. A Grand Cru Chablis bouquet of white flowers, fine lemon citrus, oyster shell, tide pool, some pear and a touch of spicy oak. In the mouth, classic Les Clos. Serious scale, concentration, structure and length. The flavours were chalky, wet limestone mineral, lemon and grapefruit citrus, iodine and sea breeze. No oak artefact. Long finish with lovely salinity. Relatively open and accessible, yet still fairly young and primary, ideally hold until about 2025.
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Dauvissat's 2016 Clos is surprisingly accessible and unsurprisingly good with a nose that, while certainly ripe, shows plenty of Chablisien character with white florals and sea breeze both dialed up to eleven. Intensely concentrated on the palate, where again there's certainly a richness to this wine but significant acidity and classic structure yield a lively vibrancy. Large upside but very good today.
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Initially pretty closed down. Pretty straight forward chardonnay fruit, good acidity. I"m not sure I get the complexity to warrant the price, but it was a tasty bottle. Give it lots of air if drinking in the near term.
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First day pretty closed down. Opened up with some air but not really singing yet. Saved half the bottle for the next day. My,my, what a difference a day makes. Creamy apple and lemon rind. Piercing acidity, salinity and minerality. Still young but it’s pedigree is definitely showing. Room for upside for sure.
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Very mineral and acidic with lemon peel, rock, seashell and minerals. Precise and sharp but still one dimesnional at this stage. Nowhere as complex or deep as the 07 Raveneau Blanchots.
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Dauvissat eier en ganske stor del av indrefileten Les Clos med hele 1,7 hektar. Vinen har to forskjellige tappinger, enten etter 12 eller 18 måneder på fat derav 20-30% nye.
Gyllen gul farge. På nesen er vinen dyp og ren med hint mot det tropiske med fersk nektar, frisk pære, sitronskall, lett florale toner, litt smeltet smør i varmen, og ikke minst dette herlige sexy flintsteinsaromaene du finner på en øde strandkant i nordligere utgaver av Europa.
På paletten er vinen fyldig og det nikkes gjenkjennende til Les Clos-markens konsentrasjon. Selv i denne varmere årgangen blir den ikke alt for fet og oppleves som forholdsvis slankere enn forventet. Dog mer gulere frukter med nektar, moden sitrus, lett tørt trevirke, smeltet smør og ikke minst denne flotte sjøkantsfølelsen. Denne trenger tid i kjelleren. 93 poeng. For nå.
Domain Vincent Dauvissat 2016 Chablis (Chablis, France): Lower pitched aromas and the only wine that smelled of pear rather than citrus. Bigger and richer than the Preuses but not as mineral. I thought the acidity was higher, but I was mistaken. Amazing texture and length, with both iodine and soil arriving forcefully on the finish.
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Flying l'Yonne; 8/29/2017-9/1/2017 (Irancy - France): Always easy, always friendly, never my favourite. Sensation of aroma of petrol, some green peach without enough sun. What abounds in fruitiness is lacking in minerality. At least at this point.
Siempre facilón, siempre amable, nunca mi favorito. Sensación de aroma a petróleo, algo de melocotón verde, sin solear Lo que abunda en frutosidad falta en mineralidad. Al menos por el momento.
10/9/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 93 Points
Elegant, calm, waxy, poetic rather than intense.
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8/14/2023 - peternelson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light Gold-ish color; caramel, lemon pledge, super tangy, flral, heady, med.+ body with super intensity; lovely elegant yet powerful and long. Tied for #1 with my 07 Dauvissat Preuse. DD, Capital Seafood BH
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9/23/2022 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 95 Points
Having selected Raveneau Valmur of the same vintage the prior night I thought it’d be fun to compare Dauvissat’s Clos. Also with a requested pre-dinner decant, it’s fresh, classic in style, seamlessly balanced between power and elegance and highly aromatic with layers of yellow orchard fruit, citrus blossoms, beeswax and stony minerals. The palate is rich, but not as dense and textural as the Raveneau was, but shows great purity and focus with racy citrusy acids, a sea spray-like salinity and a long mineral inflicted finale. Excellent.
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6/10/2022 - dbkitc wrote: 95 Points
(at Magdalena - Baltimore) Herbal, ocean, young coiled. Got significantly better with air. (95++)
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1/15/2022 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 95 Points
Three Chardonnays at home (Wellington, NZ): In my cellar, the bottle seemed to have a protruding cork, so I opened it that night. Drunk over three evenings, during which it barely changed. Drinking cleanly, with no faults. A Grand Cru Chablis bouquet of white flowers, fine lemon citrus, oyster shell, tide pool, some pear and a touch of spicy oak. In the mouth, classic Les Clos. Serious scale, concentration, structure and length. The flavours were chalky, wet limestone mineral, lemon and grapefruit citrus, iodine and sea breeze. No oak artefact. Long finish with lovely salinity. Relatively open and accessible, yet still fairly young and primary, ideally hold until about 2025.
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9/10/2021 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Dauvissat's 2016 Clos is surprisingly accessible and unsurprisingly good with a nose that, while certainly ripe, shows plenty of Chablisien character with white florals and sea breeze both dialed up to eleven. Intensely concentrated on the palate, where again there's certainly a richness to this wine but significant acidity and classic structure yield a lively vibrancy. Large upside but very good today.
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2/9/2021 - mye wrote:
Initially pretty closed down. Pretty straight forward chardonnay fruit, good acidity. I"m not sure I get the complexity to warrant the price, but it was a tasty bottle. Give it lots of air if drinking in the near term.
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10/17/2020 - danckie Likes this wine: 93 Points
First day pretty closed down. Opened up with some air but not really singing yet. Saved half the bottle for the next day. My,my, what a difference a day makes. Creamy apple and lemon rind. Piercing acidity, salinity and minerality. Still young but it’s pedigree is definitely showing. Room for upside for sure.
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1/24/2020 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Crunchy, bright and super fun to drink.
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4/18/2019 - Burgnick wrote: 89 Points
Very mineral and acidic with lemon peel, rock, seashell and minerals. Precise and sharp but still one dimesnional at this stage. Nowhere as complex or deep as the 07 Raveneau Blanchots.
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5/31/2018 - Andre Brattland wrote: 93 Points
Dauvissat eier en ganske stor del av indrefileten Les Clos med hele 1,7 hektar. Vinen har to forskjellige tappinger, enten etter 12 eller 18 måneder på fat derav 20-30% nye.
Gyllen gul farge. På nesen er vinen dyp og ren med hint mot det tropiske med fersk nektar, frisk pære, sitronskall, lett florale toner, litt smeltet smør i varmen, og ikke minst dette herlige sexy flintsteinsaromaene du finner på en øde strandkant i nordligere utgaver av Europa.
På paletten er vinen fyldig og det nikkes gjenkjennende til Les Clos-markens konsentrasjon. Selv i denne varmere årgangen blir den ikke alt for fet og oppleves som forholdsvis slankere enn forventet. Dog mer gulere frukter med nektar, moden sitrus, lett tørt trevirke, smeltet smør og ikke minst denne flotte sjøkantsfølelsen. Denne trenger tid i kjelleren. 93 poeng. For nå.
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4/18/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Domain Vincent Dauvissat 2016 Chablis (Chablis, France): Lower pitched aromas and the only wine that smelled of pear rather than citrus. Bigger and richer than the Preuses but not as mineral. I thought the acidity was higher, but I was mistaken. Amazing texture and length, with both iodine and soil arriving forcefully on the finish.
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8/30/2017 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:
Flying l'Yonne; 8/29/2017-9/1/2017 (Irancy - France): Always easy, always friendly, never my favourite.
Sensation of aroma of petrol, some green peach without enough sun.
What abounds in fruitiness is lacking in minerality. At least at this point.
Siempre facilón, siempre amable, nunca mi favorito.
Sensación de aroma a petróleo, algo de melocotón verde, sin solear
Lo que abunda en frutosidad falta en mineralidad. Al menos por el momento.
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