Don & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Light medium gold plus color. Drank a glass over an hour plus in mini vertical of '05, '10, and '12. This was in good shape, while showing the development that one would expect. There's sea air, red apple, parafin, sea air, lemon, caramel and beeswax on the nose. The palate has a little sense of melancholy compared to the riveting '10 and flamboyant '12. There's lots of orange, lemon, oyster shell, ocean floor, on sleek, medium bodied, if mellow palate. I think the only question here, is where do you like them best. 93+ to 94pts.
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Local Minneapolis Chef extraordinaire Don Saunders cooked for 8 Shrimpheads at my place. We highly recommend hiring Don to cook for in home events! Siggy's btl. This has reached a resolved tranquil place with no hard edges. Very Dauvissat with its roundness. Elegant ripe citrus, mineral & sea-shore notes. CT says I still have one left but I'm doubtful since it's not in my cabinet and I'd be surprised if its offsite yet. Great to find Siggy's btl healthy & pleasurable! This was a PnP and worked fine for this btl. Flighted by itself with our 1st salmon course. A 10 & 12 Dauvissat Preuses followed in the next flight with Halibut.
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Another bottle of this really pleasurable wine. Decanted for 20 minutes to the first glass but the wine continued to open. The color was a clear, medium yellow-gold. Lemon and some minerality on the nose. The medium bodied palate showed lots of lemony goodness and minerality, followed by some green apple and touches of salinity and lemon pith -- all wrapped in balancing acidity. Will no doubt continue to hold to the two-decade mark and beyond but expect increasing signs of maturity.
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Last of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, top form as Jan bottle, superb typicity, tightened nicely in glass but with richness of GC and top vintage, still upside, 5+ years. VF (18.5).
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Five years since our previous bottle (8/4/18) and while this wine has mellowed a bit (haven't we all) it still presented itself as a top-notch Grand Cru Chablis. Opened for 20 minutes before serving but continued to evolve. A complex and rich medium plus bodied palate with apple, lemon, salinity, minerality and balancing acidity. Just a pleasure to drink and enjoy. Will probably hold for another five years but why wait?!
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Open 30 minutes before serving. Wonderfully rich out of the gate, this was nicely mature while nowhere close to tired. Apple and caramel apple with earth traces, but still vibrant and minerally middle forward. Long finish kept carrying forward beyond any expectation.
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11th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, less well delineated but otherwise as Jan bottle, bigger than normal even for Grand Cru Chablis in this hot vintage, plateau, no rush. F+ (18).
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10th of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, back on top form with April's unsatisfactory bottle an outlier, big for Chablis as an authentic 05, but with proper saline and mineral typicity, very complex and with remarkable freshness and persistence to the fruit, plateau, 5+ years. F+ (18).
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9th of 12, opened 20 minutes, perfect cork and level, off the pace, muted flavours and curiously lean, ok and not obviously flawed but way off previous bottles. VG+ (16.5).
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9th of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, little changed from bottle last October, aging slowly and gracefully, fatter, as usual, than Clos. F+ (18).
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{Bought on release, perfect fill, drunk with LT and JL; sound cork} Amazing wine, with immense almost oily phenolic ripeness and length. Preuses complexity, background funk ? brett but not ... Golly I hope I have more put away!
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Great Sushi, Great Wines (San Mateo, California): Full yellow. Unfortunately, this was opened just prior to serving, and it took a bit of time to sort itself out. Something musty on the nose gave way to more typical brothy seaweed notes and a bit of citrus. Older Dauvissat often smells funky right out of the bottle. Bigger, riper, and richer than the 2007 Preuses we recently drank, but still the essence of Chablis in its complex vegetal and stone driven core. I'm still not certain that this bottle was pristine, and while I enjoyed it, the linearity and drive of the 2007 was more to my liking.
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Popped and poured. This is drinking so well tonight. Lemons, sea brine and honey broth on the nose. Rich and lively palate, lemon infused and crisply acidic with a juicy finish. Outstanding.
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Corton-Charlemagne and Morey-St-Denis Grand Cru Dinner (Formento's - Chicago IL): Slightly reductive to start, this took 15-30 minutes to open up, then was quit enchanting for the next 30-45 minutes in glass. Clearly from a ripe vintage, yet the Chablis character really came though clearly on the long, minerally finish. This should hold well for at least another five years.
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Tasted blind, this wine had a medium yellow center with clear rims. This bottle had been open for 24 hours. It emanated candied green apples, lemons, white stone, and goose berries.
In the mouth, this wine was rich, ripe, and had great acidity. It was still young but showing quite well with extended air.
This appears likely to develop well. If you are lucky, this should develop for 15 years. Enjoy!
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Bright, light gold. Orange peel, honeyed florals, and iodine. Rich and brothy on the palate with that savory algae quality I so often see in Dauvissat Preuses. Medium bodied with ripe acidity. I've had the 2005 Preuses once a year for awhile now and have been suggesting this is at peak for a few years now. This'll hold for awhile but is best today.
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decanted a bit more than one hour, brilliant burnished pale gold; nose is saline, talcum, pearskin; med body, a bit sinewy; intense & boney palate, structured, fulsome & very long, outstanding lengthy finish, a bit citrus rind & consciously mineral. how fortunate to enjoy at this stage in its evolution, with two more remaining.
edit : important to note, at 2.5 hours in decanter, this is ripping good.
black sea bass on creamy ragôut of stunning chanterelles w/flageolets, gold zucchini & sungold tomatoes
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Rained today in Maui causing us to lose an outdoor res at Ferraro's in the 4 Season. We ended up at 5 Palms less then 5 mins from our condo where the food & service was solid. A last minute storm break sunset did not suck. The venue itself is pretty '80s dated but everything else was great. PnP & slow ox while we sipped some champagne w/ appetizers. Light straw gold color & smelling very clean & healthy. Seashore & light floral aromas. Resolved & harmonious and at the same time, energetic w/ obvious Grand Cru intensity & class. Compelling minerality envelopes; lemon, orange zest, spice, honey & salinity. 13% alc. There are many great Chablis to be had but few w/ this level of purity & Zen like serenity. Happy to have one more to open in 3-5 yrs.
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2nd of 12, opened an hour, perfect cork and level, step up on April bottle, much more harmonious and typical with attractive apple and citric cut and minerality more chalky than flinty, although quite rich for Chablis not in the least flabby, sense of approaching prime drinking window with at least 5 to 10 years of interesting development ahead. F+ (18).
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{Bought case on release, perfect fill} Wow. When opened still a bit reticent, mid-palate and length became very complex and long. Huge fruit, beeswax, oily, some almond stuff in there as well as a spritz of citrus lurking about. this is why you cellar wine.
Initially 92-93, kept having to upgrade, by the time it was an hour open just a fantastic bottle. Best showing I have had of this wine. Great match for swordfish.
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Bright gold. Rich nose of orange peel, honeyed florals, oyster shell, and iodine. There's a bit of weight to the palate, showing that savory, algae-like quality that Dauvissat, particularly Preuses, develops with age, alongside round apple flavors. The 2005 Preuses is very good if atypical. Probably at its peak but it'll be a slow descent.
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1st of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level - pale, leggy for Chablis; saline, chalky, not much in way of fruit or floral notes; lightish, decent length, persistence and concentration, over acid (as yet) but good underlying bant, not quite come together. Currently F (17.5) with scope for better.
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Oyster shell, and minerals with citrus and a chalkiness on the nose. On the palate, Grand Cru depth and focus, with great clarity and power delivered with precision. Great depth and clarity, a powerful, precise, wine more of geologic matter than fruit. Outstanding and youthful.
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This was a stunner. From the first sip this was superb. It hadn’t lost the saline freshness via the riper vintage or age and had layers of gorgeous fruit, apples and lemon citrus but also a little orange and yellow plums. The finish was outstanding. Probably the best Chablis I’ve had, likely at peak but will plateau for longer
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Decanted for 30 minutes and the wine continued to evolve for about 30-45 more. A medium straw color. Our experience mirrors many other TNs -- a truly wonderful GC Chablis, by an excellent producer. Aromas of apple, lemon, minerality, and a touch of honey. All of these followed on to the palate with the addition of touches of orange and salinity. Medium plus body, lively acidity, and a long finish just made it a pleasure to drink. It is certainly ready to drink now - with air. Not sure how much more development it will see, but it should hold at this level for at least another 5 years, maybe 10.
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Concentrated fruits, round, milky, develops mushroom with time. Some herbal notes, very nice overall. A solid wine, but doesn't justify the price to me.
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Light gold. Orange peel, lime peel, lime blossom, and sea breeze on the nose. Full bodied flavors in a medium-light package: orange, saline, and that savory quality one often finds in Dauvissat Preuses with age. This shows an incredible richness without excess ripeness. The 2005 Preuses is excellent and at its peak but it will be a long, slow descent.
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A Private La Paulée Grand Cru Burgundy Lunch (Zuni Café, San Francisco): Medium yellow. Maybe the best way to describe this is to say it has all of the brothy, mysterious wonder of a Dauvissat Preuses with the added bright, ripe orange fruit notes of a riper vintage. Absolutely marvelous, complete Chablis with glorious texture, soil, and sugar/acid balance. This improved in the glass for over 2 hours and seems right in its optimal drinking window. Preferred over the 2006 Raveneau Clos, and hard to imagine better Chablis than this. Ironically, we would not have opened this had the Clos of the same vintage not been corked-lucky us.
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Delightful smoke and green apple on the nose along with light lemony touches and mild salinity. Crushed rocks, apple, pear, coconut and something fleshy on the palate. Delicious Preuses that looks set to get even better from here. Nicest Dauvissat Preuses I have had (a small set: 1988, 1992, and 1995)
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A lovely, elegant Chablis in mid-life with delicious but delicate flavors of lemon oil and crushed stones along with notes of coconut and smoky minerals. Finishes subtely complex with a nice acid lift although its definitely not high-acid Chablis from this warm vintage.
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Still light yellow. After an hour in the glass, aromas of lemon peel, stone, iodine and a touch of smoke. Very rich and long on the palate. This will last years longer and may even improve but it is monumental now.
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Double Blind White Burg (Dauvissat Chablis) (Formentos): Served double blind in 01/05/06/09 flight. Pale gold. A richer aromatic profile here with apple and lemon cream along with minerality. The palate is concentrated with dense and fat apple fruit. Surprisingly ripe. Good, if a bit atypical.
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A quintessential pairing with lump crab cakes. Took out of wine cabinet, popped cork & poured. Drank at my low low 50s cabinet temp which seemed ideal in Riedel white Burg glasses. 13% Alc. Lighter gold color and smelling very clean and healthy, yea! Seashore and light floral aromas. Gorgeous and harmonious with plenty of energy and grand cru intensity but also showing resolved as its previous youthful brightness dims. Minerality, lime, orange rind, and salinity dominate the palate but there is lots else going on under the surface. This was awesome with the crab cakes! Drinking very well but Ill roll the dice and space out the next 2 btls. This btl drank immeasurably better than my first from a little over 3 years ago. It would be fun to hold out for age 15 in 2020 for my next btl. That said, my cork was evenly soaked a little over 1/2 way and these Dauvissats can be a roll of the dice. I'm pretty sure there is a chance for some decent upside and premox defying bragging rights if, I can hold off to 2020 and, the wine survives.
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Popped and poured at slightly cooler than cellar temperature. This was great. Young in color, ripe nose, plenty of minerals, stones, shells as you would expect. Great finish, and great both with food and on its own. In a great spot right now. A-/A
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Another lost Friday afternoon gathering – Provenance, Power of Blind tasting and loving M. Gibourg CV (Charlie Palmer - Washington DC): Initially served a bit too cold and not much nose. As it warms up, medium expressive nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, pineapple, citrus, oyster shell, limestone and steel. Excellent concentration, citrus and pineapple driven palate impression, medium acidity, strong presence of mineral and a medium finish. My impression is that a lot of the 05 WB are in awkward stage. The ripeness is too pronounced. I would recommend to cellar for another five years hoping for better precision and detail. Fortunately, this is not premoxed.
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Healthy yellow for age. Very aromatic with floral tones but mostly sea breeze and iodine rather than fruit. Full bodied, very layered and textural, brothy and savory with a hint of vanilla as well, superb acidity for a riper year. Essence of Chablis, unquestionably Grand Cru level, subtle, superb, and long. Diffiicult to pick out individual components but easy to appreciate the sum total and interplay of its parts. At its peak now, fresher than the last bottle I had which showed some truffled notes.
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Medium yellow. Incomparable aromatic complexity-apple, citrus, brothy salinity, white flowers, and ultimately, a touch of truffled honey. Medium weight, enthralling mouth filling texture, great back end minerality and acidity, especially considering the ripeness of the vintage. It is one of the most complete, exciting Chablis I have had over the past few years, and it is difficult to imagine a better example at a more perfect state of maturity. Great sugar/acid balance, incredible length, and altogether riveting.
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decanted one hour. light yellow-gold; saline & briny nose; med + weight, bordering on the richer side; ripe & concentrated, salty & chicken brothy, very mineral, crushed shell finish w/med + acids. really like the way this shows at this stage.
Chablis Fest (Shaw's Crab House - Chicago, IL): This was more of what I expected from the 2005 vintage. This didn't have the level of precision that the other vintages of this wine can have, and I think the some of the flavors were a bit rounder and fatter that what I typically look for. Not a bad wine, at all, just a bit riper.
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Chablis is one of those wines I prefer younger than "mature." This is in exactly the spot I like it. The fruit is as bright and fresh as a new release but the mineral element has really come out here. This smells like a salty sea breeze and tastes like a liquefied oyster. Very interesting to compare with the Clos. This was less tightly wound and more generous at first with that Chablisienne minerality, but the Clos definitely had the broader footprint. A treat.
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Medium yellow. Deep citrus tones at first, then more of the Preuses brothiness and musk. Medium to full bodied with a fantastically harmonious mouth feel. Ripe orange, moderate acidity, and a growing sense of structure and minerality. Just the faintest hint of truffle. I expected/sought more focus and drive, but this is excellent and seems to be drinking pretty much at peak now. Grand Cru texture if not tension.
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Tasted vis-a-vis the 2004 this came across as a little bit more one-dimensional; minerality, yes, fruit, yes, but everything isnt quite coming together yes in this quite rich wine. I preferred the 2004. This should be kept. With CP & Le Sommelier Boys at Grands Jours
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Pretty closed at this point. Blind, I wouldn't guess this as Grand Cru. Hopefully it just needs a lot more time to really shine. Right now, chalky with some minerality. Not much on the nose. Youthfull color and no sign of premox. Wait at least 3 more years for next btl.
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Lemon dust, pineapple and sea brine. Fairly sweet, broad and lemony palate. OK acidity, with some crisp bitter lemon notes on the finish. Richer style Chablis but very enjoyable and in no danger of prem-ox at the moment.
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This wine had a light yellow center and clear rims. The high- intensity nose was already quite expressive showing citrus, pineapple, and white stone.
In the mouth, this was medium bodied with lovely richness, great acidity, and excellent length. It had that classic "chalky" mouth feel of the great Chablis.
This has all the potential in the world and should move up several points with cellar age.
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Popped and poured. Sublime nose of sea brine, honey and citrus. The palate is just wonderful and shows a lemony tartness allied to a rich texture and lots of structure to keep it interesting, perfectly balanced and drinking exceptionally tonight. The 05 Chablis from Raveneau and Dauvissat have evolved at 6.5 years to be fantastic wines and although on the rich side true to their roots and ultimately very compelling. Bravo!
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Let these lie. I knew better, but what the heck, we were having lobster. Tidal pool in full force. Seashell and iodine. Refreshing acidity. Just so darn coiled up. Next bottle 2015+
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Kevin Sidders @ Tilia: Popped and poured. Started out a bit closed, but really seemed to open up beautifully over the first few courses. Light gold color. Soaring, ethereal nose featuring clean aromas of citrus and honey. Large-scaled on the palate for Chablis, but with plenty of structure to keep things in balance. Beautiful expression of fresh fruit. Finishes with a nice burst of acidity and long, lingering flavors. I'd say this is still holding back and could use additional time in the cellar (if you dare).
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Burgundy and Barolo at Heidi's: Pale yellow color. Mildly expressive nose giving mostly citrus with some smoke/ash. Mid-weight and lush on the palate delivering thick citrus fruit balanced nicely by a rush of acidity that builds from mid-palate to the finish. Excellent, but probably a slight disappointment given the producer.
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Amazing how this has developed in just a few short years. On release this was so thick it was practically treacly - still pure but so very dense. Now it's ethereal with a crystalline presence and fantastic delineation, as well as the inimitable taste of Chablis as though it had trickled through an oysterbed.
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Nice color, fresh on the nose, nice concentration. Plenty of fruits and yet good acidity. No oakness - thank god. Love to drink this one. Nice and easy
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Pale yellow color. Initially reticent nose which opened up over two hours to beautiful lemon, rainwater, sea spray. Tremendous grip and acids in the midpalate. Lime, green apples, and slate finishes it off. Briny, limey lip smacking finish. I love Dauvissat's 2005s. This has a good 10-15 years ahead of it.
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Waiting the extra year was worth it. Much more open now and ready to drink. Woudl still benefit from aging, but it is showing good enough to where you don't regret opening the bottle now. :)
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Wineflock - Grand Cru Chablis (Dennis'): Group #4, My #3 - Medium pale yellow color. Nice rich mineral briar white yellow fruit. Nice tight dustry mineral white fruit an spice on the palate with a long finish - nice!
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Drinking fairly well now, but would still benefit from another year in the bottle. Minerals, crushed rock, and ctirus zest on the nose. Good acidity. Long finish.
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4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Don & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Light medium gold plus color. Drank a glass over an hour plus in mini vertical of '05, '10, and '12. This was in good shape, while showing the development that one would expect. There's sea air, red apple, parafin, sea air, lemon, caramel and beeswax on the nose. The palate has a little sense of melancholy compared to the riveting '10 and flamboyant '12. There's lots of orange, lemon, oyster shell, ocean floor, on sleek, medium bodied, if mellow palate. I think the only question here, is where do you like them best. 93+ to 94pts.
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4/7/2024 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
Local Minneapolis Chef extraordinaire Don Saunders cooked for 8 Shrimpheads at my place. We highly recommend hiring Don to cook for in home events! Siggy's btl. This has reached a resolved tranquil place with no hard edges. Very Dauvissat with its roundness. Elegant ripe citrus, mineral & sea-shore notes. CT says I still have one left but I'm doubtful since it's not in my cabinet and I'd be surprised if its offsite yet. Great to find Siggy's btl healthy & pleasurable! This was a PnP and worked fine for this btl. Flighted by itself with our 1st salmon course. A 10 & 12 Dauvissat Preuses followed in the next flight with Halibut.
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11/5/2023 - VlgJeff wrote: 93 Points
Another bottle of this really pleasurable wine.
Decanted for 20 minutes to the first glass but the wine continued to open. The color was a clear, medium yellow-gold. Lemon and some minerality on the nose. The medium bodied palate showed lots of lemony goodness and minerality, followed by some green apple and touches of salinity and lemon pith -- all wrapped in balancing acidity. Will no doubt continue to hold to the two-decade mark and beyond but expect increasing signs of maturity.
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10/26/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 95 Points
Last of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, top form as Jan bottle, superb typicity, tightened nicely in glass but with richness of GC and top vintage, still upside, 5+ years. VF (18.5).
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8/6/2023 - VlgJeff wrote: 93 Points
Five years since our previous bottle (8/4/18) and while this wine has mellowed a bit (haven't we all) it still presented itself as a top-notch Grand Cru Chablis.
Opened for 20 minutes before serving but continued to evolve. A complex and rich medium plus bodied palate with apple, lemon, salinity, minerality and balancing acidity. Just a pleasure to drink and enjoy. Will probably hold for another five years but why wait?!
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4/13/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Open 30 minutes before serving. Wonderfully rich out of the gate, this was nicely mature while nowhere close to tired. Apple and caramel apple with earth traces, but still vibrant and minerally middle forward. Long finish kept carrying forward beyond any expectation.
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2/9/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points
11th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, less well delineated but otherwise as Jan bottle, bigger than normal even for Grand Cru Chablis in this hot vintage, plateau, no rush. F+ (18).
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1/1/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
10th of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, back on top form with April's unsatisfactory bottle an outlier, big for Chablis as an authentic 05, but with proper saline and mineral typicity, very complex and with remarkable freshness and persistence to the fruit, plateau, 5+ years. F+ (18).
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4/11/2022 - liber wrote: 89 Points
9th of 12, opened 20 minutes, perfect cork and level, off the pace, muted flavours and curiously lean, ok and not obviously flawed but way off previous bottles. VG+ (16.5).
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9/18/2021 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
9th of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, little changed from bottle last October, aging slowly and gracefully, fatter, as usual, than Clos. F+ (18).
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7/24/2021 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 96 Points
{Bought on release, perfect fill, drunk with LT and JL; sound cork} Amazing wine, with immense almost oily phenolic ripeness and length. Preuses complexity, background funk ? brett but not ... Golly I hope I have more put away!
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7/24/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:
Great Sushi, Great Wines (San Mateo, California): Full yellow. Unfortunately, this was opened just prior to serving, and it took a bit of time to sort itself out. Something musty on the nose gave way to more typical brothy seaweed notes and a bit of citrus. Older Dauvissat often smells funky right out of the bottle. Bigger, riper, and richer than the 2007 Preuses we recently drank, but still the essence of Chablis in its complex vegetal and stone driven core. I'm still not certain that this bottle was pristine, and while I enjoyed it, the linearity and drive of the 2007 was more to my liking.
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7/7/2021 - llink wrote: 94 Points
Popped and poured. This is drinking so well tonight. Lemons, sea brine and honey broth on the nose. Rich and lively palate, lemon infused and crisply acidic with a juicy finish. Outstanding.
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5/26/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Corton-Charlemagne and Morey-St-Denis Grand Cru Dinner (Formento's - Chicago IL): Slightly reductive to start, this took 15-30 minutes to open up, then was quit enchanting for the next 30-45 minutes in glass. Clearly from a ripe vintage, yet the Chablis character really came though clearly on the long, minerally finish. This should hold well for at least another five years.
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1/23/2021 - fclarity wrote: 94 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a medium yellow center with clear rims. This bottle had been open for 24 hours. It emanated candied green apples, lemons, white stone, and goose berries.
In the mouth, this wine was rich, ripe, and had great acidity. It was still young but showing quite well with extended air.
This appears likely to develop well. If you are lucky, this should develop for 15 years. Enjoy!
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1/6/2021 - llink wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for 2 hours. Lovely nose, spicy and deep. Bitter grapefruit palate, rich with good depth and a funky element that screams Preuses.
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10/27/2020 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
8th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, as August bottle. F+ (18).
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8/25/2020 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
7th of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, less fat, more saline and flinty than May bottle, more to come. F+ (18).
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8/22/2020 - rlove wrote: 94 Points
Bright, light gold. Orange peel, honeyed florals, and iodine. Rich and brothy on the palate with that savory algae quality I so often see in Dauvissat Preuses. Medium bodied with ripe acidity. I've had the 2005 Preuses once a year for awhile now and have been suggesting this is at peak for a few years now. This'll hold for awhile but is best today.
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6/23/2020 - pigdaddy wrote: 94 Points
decanted a bit more than one hour, brilliant burnished pale gold; nose is saline, talcum, pearskin; med body, a bit sinewy; intense & boney palate, structured, fulsome & very long, outstanding lengthy finish, a bit citrus rind & consciously mineral. how fortunate to enjoy at this stage in its evolution, with two more remaining.
edit : important to note, at 2.5 hours in decanter, this is ripping good.
black sea bass on creamy ragôut of stunning chanterelles w/flageolets, gold zucchini & sungold tomatoes
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5/14/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Dauvissat Preuses (and other Grand Cru Chablis) Virtual Tasting (Planet Earth): In 00/05/06/09 vertical. Lots of orchard fruit throughout, ripe and fleshy to start with a more crunchy, minerally and long finish. Good now, I doubt there is upside.
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5/12/2020 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points
6th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, as April bottle and lovely if fat and tad a typical. F+ (18).
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4/7/2020 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points
5th of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, presented slightly fatter than Jan bottle, but plenty of youthful energy, F+ (18).
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2/10/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 96 Points
Rained today in Maui causing us to lose an outdoor res at Ferraro's in the 4 Season. We ended up at 5 Palms less then 5 mins from our condo where the food & service was solid. A last minute storm break sunset did not suck. The venue itself is pretty '80s dated but everything else was great. PnP & slow ox while we sipped some champagne w/ appetizers. Light straw gold color & smelling very clean & healthy. Seashore & light floral aromas. Resolved & harmonious and at the same time, energetic w/ obvious Grand Cru intensity & class. Compelling minerality envelopes; lemon, orange zest, spice, honey & salinity. 13% alc. There are many great Chablis to be had but few w/ this level of purity & Zen like serenity. Happy to have one more to open in 3-5 yrs.
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1/13/2020 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
4th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, as December bottle but even more enjoyable! F+ (18).
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1/12/2020 - rocknroller wrote: flawed
WTDS at Meritage (Meritage, St. Paul): Sadly this was corked. You tell this was outstanding, but then....
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12/3/2019 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points
2nd of 12, opened an hour, perfect cork and level, step up on April bottle, much more harmonious and typical with attractive apple and citric cut and minerality more chalky than flinty, although quite rich for Chablis not in the least flabby, sense of approaching prime drinking window with at least 5 to 10 years of interesting development ahead. F+ (18).
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10/23/2019 - King Julien wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 1 hour which helped it open up. Nice nose and palate followed.
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8/16/2019 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 96 Points
{Bought case on release, perfect fill} Wow. When opened still a bit reticent, mid-palate and length became very complex and long. Huge fruit, beeswax, oily, some almond stuff in there as well as a spritz of citrus lurking about. this is why you cellar wine.
Initially 92-93, kept having to upgrade, by the time it was an hour open just a fantastic bottle. Best showing I have had of this wine. Great match for swordfish.
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6/22/2019 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Bright gold. Rich nose of orange peel, honeyed florals, oyster shell, and iodine. There's a bit of weight to the palate, showing that savory, algae-like quality that Dauvissat, particularly Preuses, develops with age, alongside round apple flavors. The 2005 Preuses is very good if atypical. Probably at its peak but it'll be a slow descent.
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4/19/2019 - liber Likes this wine: 92 Points
1st of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level - pale, leggy for Chablis; saline, chalky, not much in way of fruit or floral notes; lightish, decent length, persistence and concentration, over acid (as yet) but good underlying bant, not quite come together. Currently F (17.5) with scope for better.
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1/12/2019 - rnellans wrote: 94 Points
A bit reduced initially. Minerals, chalk. Complex. Lovely palate with beeswax, good fruit and enough acidity to balance it out. Loved it.
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1/11/2019 - cct wrote: 94 Points
Oyster shell, and minerals with citrus and a chalkiness on the nose. On the palate, Grand Cru depth and focus, with great clarity and power delivered with precision. Great depth and clarity, a powerful, precise, wine more of geologic matter than fruit. Outstanding and youthful.
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8/5/2018 - kingkanu wrote: 94 Points
This was a stunner. From the first sip this was superb. It hadn’t lost the saline freshness via the riper vintage or age and had layers of gorgeous fruit, apples and lemon citrus but also a little orange and yellow plums. The finish was outstanding. Probably the best Chablis I’ve had, likely at peak but will plateau for longer
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8/4/2018 - VlgJeff Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for 30 minutes and the wine continued to evolve for about 30-45 more. A medium straw color. Our experience mirrors many other TNs -- a truly wonderful GC Chablis, by an excellent producer.
Aromas of apple, lemon, minerality, and a touch of honey. All of these followed on to the palate with the addition of touches of orange and salinity. Medium plus body, lively acidity, and a long finish just made it a pleasure to drink. It is certainly ready to drink now - with air. Not sure how much more development it will see, but it should hold at this level for at least another 5 years, maybe 10.
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6/6/2018 - AV2012 wrote: 91 Points
Concentrated fruits, round, milky, develops mushroom with time. Some herbal notes, very nice overall. A solid wine, but doesn't justify the price to me.
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5/13/2018 - rlove wrote: 94 Points
Light gold. Orange peel, lime peel, lime blossom, and sea breeze on the nose. Full bodied flavors in a medium-light package: orange, saline, and that savory quality one often finds in Dauvissat Preuses with age. This shows an incredible richness without excess ripeness. The 2005 Preuses is excellent and at its peak but it will be a long, slow descent.
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3/28/2018 - pigdaddy wrote: 93 Points
in great shape, saline & stoney, long & good acid profile.
spaghetti in octopus bolognese
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3/2/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
A Private La Paulée Grand Cru Burgundy Lunch (Zuni Café, San Francisco): Medium yellow. Maybe the best way to describe this is to say it has all of the brothy, mysterious wonder of a Dauvissat Preuses with the added bright, ripe orange fruit notes of a riper vintage. Absolutely marvelous, complete Chablis with glorious texture, soil, and sugar/acid balance. This improved in the glass for over 2 hours and seems right in its optimal drinking window. Preferred over the 2006 Raveneau Clos, and hard to imagine better Chablis than this. Ironically, we would not have opened this had the Clos of the same vintage not been corked-lucky us.
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12/2/2017 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Delightful smoke and green apple on the nose along with light lemony touches and mild salinity. Crushed rocks, apple, pear, coconut and something fleshy on the palate. Delicious Preuses that looks set to get even better from here. Nicest Dauvissat Preuses I have had (a small set: 1988, 1992, and 1995)
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11/15/2017 - dream Likes this wine: 91 Points
A lovely, elegant Chablis in mid-life with delicious but delicate flavors of lemon oil and crushed stones along with notes of coconut and smoky minerals. Finishes subtely complex with a nice acid lift although its definitely not high-acid Chablis from this warm vintage.
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8/8/2017 - Mistress of Wine Likes this wine:
Still light yellow. After an hour in the glass, aromas of lemon peel, stone, iodine and a touch of smoke. Very rich and long on the palate. This will last years longer and may even improve but it is monumental now.
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6/13/2017 - Nanda wrote: 91 Points
Double Blind White Burg (Dauvissat Chablis) (Formentos): Served double blind in 01/05/06/09 flight. Pale gold. A richer aromatic profile here with apple and lemon cream along with minerality. The palate is concentrated with dense and fat apple fruit. Surprisingly ripe. Good, if a bit atypical.
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6/13/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Dauvissat Clos, Preuses and Forest at Lieu-dit Cru Annual(ish) Blind White Dinner (Formento's - Chicago IL): Served double blind to the group, single blind to me in Dauvissat 01/05/06/09 Preuses flight. Apple and pear aromas and flavors with some background lemon peel. Ripe start-to-finish, only showing mineral textures on very finish.
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6/10/2017 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points
A quintessential pairing with lump crab cakes. Took out of wine cabinet, popped cork & poured. Drank at my low low 50s cabinet temp which seemed ideal in Riedel white Burg glasses. 13% Alc. Lighter gold color and smelling very clean and healthy, yea! Seashore and light floral aromas. Gorgeous and harmonious with plenty of energy and grand cru intensity but also showing resolved as its previous youthful brightness dims. Minerality, lime, orange rind, and salinity dominate the palate but there is lots else going on under the surface. This was awesome with the crab cakes! Drinking very well but Ill roll the dice and space out the next 2 btls. This btl drank immeasurably better than my first from a little over 3 years ago. It would be fun to hold out for age 15 in 2020 for my next btl. That said, my cork was evenly soaked a little over 1/2 way and these Dauvissats can be a roll of the dice. I'm pretty sure there is a chance for some decent upside and premox defying bragging rights if, I can hold off to 2020 and, the wine survives.
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6/1/2017 - King Julien wrote: 93 Points
Decanted 1 hour.
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5/7/2017 - MC wrote:
Popped and poured at slightly cooler than cellar temperature. This was great. Young in color, ripe nose, plenty of minerals, stones, shells as you would expect. Great finish, and great both with food and on its own. In a great spot right now. A-/A
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2/17/2017 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Another lost Friday afternoon gathering – Provenance, Power of Blind tasting and loving M. Gibourg CV (Charlie Palmer - Washington DC): Initially served a bit too cold and not much nose. As it warms up, medium expressive nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, pineapple, citrus, oyster shell, limestone and steel. Excellent concentration, citrus and pineapple driven palate impression, medium acidity, strong presence of mineral and a medium finish. My impression is that a lot of the 05 WB are in awkward stage. The ripeness is too pronounced. I would recommend to cellar for another five years hoping for better precision and detail. Fortunately, this is not premoxed.
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1/7/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Healthy yellow for age. Very aromatic with floral tones but mostly sea breeze and iodine rather than fruit. Full bodied, very layered and textural, brothy and savory with a hint of vanilla as well, superb acidity for a riper year. Essence of Chablis, unquestionably Grand Cru level, subtle, superb, and long. Diffiicult to pick out individual components but easy to appreciate the sum total and interplay of its parts. At its peak now, fresher than the last bottle I had which showed some truffled notes.
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9/16/2016 - King Julien wrote: 94 Points
Decanted 1.5 hours.
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8/31/2016 - King Julien wrote: 94 Points
Popped and poured. Needed an hour to really get going, significant improvement after some air.
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2/28/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Incomparable aromatic complexity-apple, citrus, brothy salinity, white flowers, and ultimately, a touch of truffled honey. Medium weight, enthralling mouth filling texture, great back end minerality and acidity, especially considering the ripeness of the vintage. It is one of the most complete, exciting Chablis I have had over the past few years, and it is difficult to imagine a better example at a more perfect state of maturity. Great sugar/acid balance, incredible length, and altogether riveting.
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12/14/2014 - pigdaddy wrote: 92 Points
decanted one hour. light yellow-gold; saline & briny nose; med + weight, bordering on the richer side; ripe & concentrated, salty & chicken brothy, very mineral, crushed shell finish w/med + acids. really like the way this shows at this stage.
crispy-skin nc speckled trout, crushed avocado & pink grapefruit, slaw w/espelette pepper & ponzu, spicy buttermilk sauce
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8/27/2014 - tooch wrote: 89 Points
Chablis Fest (Shaw's Crab House - Chicago, IL): This was more of what I expected from the 2005 vintage. This didn't have the level of precision that the other vintages of this wine can have, and I think the some of the flavors were a bit rounder and fatter that what I typically look for. Not a bad wine, at all, just a bit riper.
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7/25/2014 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 96 Points
Chablis is one of those wines I prefer younger than "mature." This is in exactly the spot I like it. The fruit is as bright and fresh as a new release but the mineral element has really come out here. This smells like a salty sea breeze and tastes like a liquefied oyster. Very interesting to compare with the Clos. This was less tightly wound and more generous at first with that Chablisienne minerality, but the Clos definitely had the broader footprint. A treat.
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6/7/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Deep citrus tones at first, then more of the Preuses brothiness and musk. Medium to full bodied with a fantastically harmonious mouth feel. Ripe orange, moderate acidity, and a growing sense of structure and minerality. Just the faintest hint of truffle. I expected/sought more focus and drive, but this is excellent and seems to be drinking pretty much at peak now. Grand Cru texture if not tension.
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3/23/2014 - beatles wrote: 91 Points
Tasted vis-a-vis the 2004 this came across as a little bit more one-dimensional; minerality, yes, fruit, yes, but everything isnt quite coming together yes in this quite rich wine. I preferred the 2004. This should be kept. With CP & Le Sommelier Boys at Grands Jours
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3/1/2014 - chablis28 wrote: 90 Points
Pretty closed at this point. Blind, I wouldn't guess this as Grand Cru. Hopefully it just needs a lot more time to really shine. Right now, chalky with some minerality. Not much on the nose. Youthfull color and no sign of premox. Wait at least 3 more years for next btl.
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3/4/2013 - llink wrote:
Lemon dust, pineapple and sea brine. Fairly sweet, broad and lemony palate. OK acidity, with some crisp bitter lemon notes on the finish. Richer style Chablis but very enjoyable and in no danger of prem-ox at the moment.
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3/3/2013 - fclarity wrote: 93 Points
This wine had a light yellow center and clear rims. The high- intensity nose was already quite expressive showing citrus, pineapple, and white stone.
In the mouth, this was medium bodied with lovely richness, great acidity, and excellent length. It had that classic "chalky" mouth feel of the great Chablis.
This has all the potential in the world and should move up several points with cellar age.
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6/16/2012 - llink wrote:
Popped and poured. Sublime nose of sea brine, honey and citrus. The palate is just wonderful and shows a lemony tartness allied to a rich texture and lots of structure to keep it interesting, perfectly balanced and drinking exceptionally tonight. The 05 Chablis from Raveneau and Dauvissat have evolved at 6.5 years to be fantastic wines and although on the rich side true to their roots and ultimately very compelling. Bravo!
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2/13/2012 - pbjosh wrote:
Very saline, soft rich fruit, Stoney, sweet and savory with silken feel. Excellent.
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1/13/2012 - DdB wrote: 93 Points
Let these lie. I knew better, but what the heck, we were having lobster. Tidal pool in full force. Seashell and iodine. Refreshing acidity. Just so darn coiled up. Next bottle 2015+
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12/20/2011 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 93 Points
Kevin Sidders @ Tilia: Popped and poured. Started out a bit closed, but really seemed to open up beautifully over the first few courses. Light gold color. Soaring, ethereal nose featuring clean aromas of citrus and honey. Large-scaled on the palate for Chablis, but with plenty of structure to keep things in balance. Beautiful expression of fresh fruit. Finishes with a nice burst of acidity and long, lingering flavors. I'd say this is still holding back and could use additional time in the cellar (if you dare).
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8/23/2011 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 92 Points
Burgundy and Barolo at Heidi's: Pale yellow color. Mildly expressive nose giving mostly citrus with some smoke/ash. Mid-weight and lush on the palate delivering thick citrus fruit balanced nicely by a rush of acidity that builds from mid-palate to the finish. Excellent, but probably a slight disappointment given the producer.
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8/22/2011 - Chuck Miller wrote: flawed
Corked
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7/8/2011 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 96 Points
Amazing how this has developed in just a few short years. On release this was so thick it was practically treacly - still pure but so very dense. Now it's ethereal with a crystalline presence and fantastic delineation, as well as the inimitable taste of Chablis as though it had trickled through an oysterbed.
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3/16/2011 - Alexis A wrote: 92 Points
Nice color, fresh on the nose, nice concentration. Plenty of fruits and yet good acidity. No oakness - thank god. Love to drink this one. Nice and easy
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8/30/2010 - KellyW wrote: 95 Points
Brilliant. Very precise with a broad yet constrained palate. Great minerality
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8/23/2010 - dgerst wrote: 94 Points
Pale yellow color. Initially reticent nose which opened up over two hours to beautiful lemon, rainwater, sea spray. Tremendous grip and acids in the midpalate. Lime, green apples, and slate finishes it off. Briny, limey lip smacking finish. I love Dauvissat's 2005s. This has a good 10-15 years ahead of it.
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5/3/2009 - FakeAccount wrote: 96 Points
Waiting the extra year was worth it. Much more open now and ready to drink. Woudl still benefit from aging, but it is showing good enough to where you don't regret opening the bottle now. :)
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8/6/2008 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Wineflock - Grand Cru Chablis (Dennis'): Group #4, My #3 - Medium pale yellow color. Nice rich mineral briar white yellow fruit. Nice tight dustry mineral white fruit an spice on the palate with a long finish - nice!
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6/1/2008 - FakeAccount wrote: 96 Points
Drinking fairly well now, but would still benefit from another year in the bottle. Minerals, crushed rock, and ctirus zest on the nose. Good acidity. Long finish.
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