This wine has a level of clarity and precision that I dont think I've ever had in a wine, anywhere grand cru or not. Crystal clear, drinkable and complex. Love.
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Chablis: Quite deep yellow. Milky, soft, but intense nose, also herbal and exotic fruits. Med+ body, smokiness and flintiness also came forward with time. For a villages Chablis this was fully mature and at its peak, absolutely loved it.
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A Flight of Chablis: The 2006 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis is light gold in colour with a slight oily, nutty nose of riped pineapples and spice on the nose. On the palate, a soft and calm entry that welcomes the palate. This is followed by quite fleshy peaches and pineapples with an underlying spice. There's some noticeable slight oak as well. Medium finish and a burst of acidity towards the end that keeps the wine very alive and almost fun!
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Medium yellow. Nice lime and herb aromatics. Medium weight. More acidity and salinity than you'd expect with a bit of butteriness. Ironically, more tension and interest than the '06 Raveneau Montee de Tonnerre last night.
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Decanted and poured, this wine continues to show well. This has reached it maturity and is at or around its peak. This should continue to drink well over the next 3 to 4 years.
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Much better showing this time than over the last couple of years. I think this wine is drinking at a high point. More golden than clear on the palate. There is hazelnut and old wood, along with notes of butter cream and vanilla, but they are interesting and not over-bearing and one is reminded that it is Dauvissat after all, and for a village-level wine, it's quite good, even with the oak. On the second night, the oak really comes on strong. But, when I sip this wine along with some cheese, the oak is hardly noticeable. Maybe one needs to drink oaky Chablis with cheese for an enhanced experience. This isn't showing much in the way of tropical notes common in 2006 Chablis, although it is round and soft in mouthfeel and far less cut than I normally look for in Chablis.
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Prachtig licht heel, hangt in t glas. Mooie neus. Fris en fruit. Mooie volle aanzet. Dikke geconcentreerde wijn. Zomers vol fruit. Kan nog paar mooie jaren mee.
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Très beau chablis, vif et frais mais non dénué de complexité. L'éléevage est déjà bein intégré et apporte du corps et du gras. La longueur est déjà impressionnante.
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Good showing. More cohesive than the last bottle, smooth and forward, rather '06 in its appeal right now, some old wood notes, with butter cream underneath. Good purity. Noticeable acidity and spice in the back palate. In a good place now.
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A better showing than a bottle three months ago, but still, this wine needs time to come together. Right now, it's elements are disparate. There's a hint of a golden aura'ed, textured Dauvissat 1er greatness, but it's fleeting and then recedes. Very expressive on the palate, sometimes showing ginger, sometimes pineapple, so there's a bit of tropical element (very '06), and then later, with more air, a bit too much vanilla. Long, detailed finish. Like a kid with great potential, but a bit spastic in his youth.
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Simple Series VII: B.A.G (Burg, Alsace, German) - JT's farewell (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers): Really, really good for a village. Very clearly Chablis just on the nose alone - I do not think anything else on the table guessed otherwise. Lots of saline bits, some oyster shell, clams, some chalkiness, all adding up to a beautiful, low-toned minerality. Beyond that, there was some cream, some white fruit, but it was really those deep sea-shell and mineral scents that really caught the attention. Palate had a real weightiness to it, with a beeswaxy, almost oily texture - quite astounding for a village I thought. Admittedly, like many 2006 Chablis, what was gained in weight was lost in terms of precision, cut and freshness. However, the wine was still very nicely balanced, and still had a clean, clear feel to it (one might even say it was fresh if it was a 2006 Puligny), with wafting, sea-breeze and seashell flavours, almost like strolling on a beach, to go along with ripe white fruit notes. There was some nice complexity developing here as well I thought, with the wine's minerally essence underpinning everything else. Finish was long, seamless and well integrated with the rest of the wines, showing pinpricks of spice, white fruit and more of that super minerality. I really liked this.
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Simple Series Dinner (Asia Grand, Singapore): Extremely light straw color. On the palate the minerals shorn through with the seashell taste in the foreground. Amazingly good for a village. Quite distinctly different from a Raveneau, which has more ripe fruits on the palate. This wasn't as piercingly acidic like a Fevre as well.
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2010 Simple Wine Dinner Series No.7 - JT Farewell (Asia Grand @ Odeon Tower): Alcohol : 13% Tasted blind. A soft gentle nose of floral, chalky mineral and smoky lemony note that is suggesting a Puligny but the palate which is telling this is a Chablis, perhaps a mid tier 1er cru Chablis that delivery complex and weighty flavor of gun flint, chalky mineral, creamy vanilla with spiciness which is clean and pure with gripping acidity that is quite fine with oyster shell, lemon peel bitterness and slight dry finish. Very good village which will only show it best with another 5yrs aged. I was shouting for oyster when I tasted it. Buy - Yes.
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Didn't love it. There are traces of Dauvissat pedigree in here, but overall, this is rather lean and not giving much. I was actually looking for more volume . . . which is quite odd, considering the producer. I have a few of these and I'm going to cellar them away for a few years. Curiously, I've had my share of '06 Chablis, and it's not a vintage that, in general, I would age. But this one, I think, needs it.
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Drank over three hours and it improved with air/time. A little darker color than your average young Chablis. Medium-bodied with citrus and minerality; also some of the oceanic notes. Well made and very enjoyable. Score hurt a bit because this lacked a little of the crispness usually found in Chablis. Should improve with a little bottle age. 89+
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This wine was decanted and poured. It showed exceptionally well with a similar tasting impression as a bottle tasted in June of 2008. There is a lot of depth and complexity for a village level wine. The aromatics show citrus, mineral and sea shell notes. The color is a light yellow that is youthful and vibrant. The medium bodied palate demonstrates outstanding balance between the core of fruit and acidity. The acidity gives structure and becomes more present on the finish. Again, this wine improved with time in the decanter. This should improve with a couple more years of bottle age and drink well now over the next 3 - 5 years.
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Casual Farmers' Market Dinner: As with the '05, perhaps a shade or two darker than one would expect this early. Pretty fat, honeyed, and inviting up front, but then tried hard to show a tighter side with sea shells and good minerality. A good village wine, but like other 2006's, rich and somewhat diffuse, lacking the acidic snap I so value in Chablis.
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Excellent follow up to the outstanding 2005. This shows similar aromatic qualities to the '05 with perhaps more of a lemon custard note instead of the citrus / lemon notes of the 2005. Excellent youthful light golden color. Medium bodied palate with a little more weight than the 2005. Long, balanced finish. The acidity gives the wine texture and grip. This is another outstanding example of a young village Chablis. This wine was decanted and airing brought out the complexity of the wine. An '06 La Forest tasted a few weeks previously showed even greater depth and complexity.
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6/4/2022 - Quinn05 Likes this wine:
Certainly past its peak but still delicious.
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9/28/2018 - Markus IWC wrote: 90 Points
Vincent Dauvissat tasting #2: significantly less developed than the 05, surprising given that it's supposed to be a warm vintage.
Tight nose with yellow apples, pears, vanilla and some vegetative notes.
Rich mouthfeel with oak, spices and a long finish. Slightly bitter, a little clumsy, low acidity and out of balance. 90p
BV=0, WV=2
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1/27/2018 - Morrisson Likes this wine: 89 Points
Un vin qui nous offre encore beaucoup de puissance malgré son âge quand même vénérable. Il est encore très expressif avec une belle fraicheur.
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6/21/2015 - THECORKDORK Likes this wine: 97 Points
This wine has a level of clarity and precision that I dont think I've ever had in a wine, anywhere grand cru or not. Crystal clear, drinkable and complex. Love.
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6/9/2015 - AV2012 wrote: 92 Points
Chablis: Quite deep yellow. Milky, soft, but intense nose, also herbal and exotic fruits. Med+ body, smokiness and flintiness also came forward with time. For a villages Chablis this was fully mature and at its peak, absolutely loved it.
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11/16/2013 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 89 Points
A Flight of Chablis: The 2006 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis is light gold in colour with a slight oily, nutty nose of riped pineapples and spice on the nose. On the palate, a soft and calm entry that welcomes the palate. This is followed by quite fleshy peaches and pineapples with an underlying spice. There's some noticeable slight oak as well. Medium finish and a burst of acidity towards the end that keeps the wine very alive and almost fun!
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5/21/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Nice lime and herb aromatics. Medium weight. More acidity and salinity than you'd expect with a bit of butteriness. Ironically, more tension and interest than the '06 Raveneau Montee de Tonnerre last night.
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9/17/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Progress Report-2006 Dauvissat and Raveneau Chablis (Northern California): Fairly ripe and rich without being exotic. Drinking well now.
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3/31/2012 - sehill Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted and poured, this wine continues to show well. This has reached it maturity and is at or around its peak. This should continue to drink well over the next 3 to 4 years.
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1/27/2012 - Pknut wrote:
Not a great showing. Not much fruit here, alcohol sticking out. Some Chablis wooliness. Off bottle?
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8/21/2011 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
Annual Summer Lunch with Friends (Hillsborough, CA): Slightly corked but what was underneath was very '06 in its rich, tropical fruit and low acidity.
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8/11/2011 - Pknut wrote:
Much better showing this time than over the last couple of years. I think this wine is drinking at a high point. More golden than clear on the palate. There is hazelnut and old wood, along with notes of butter cream and vanilla, but they are interesting and not over-bearing and one is reminded that it is Dauvissat after all, and for a village-level wine, it's quite good, even with the oak. On the second night, the oak really comes on strong. But, when I sip this wine along with some cheese, the oak is hardly noticeable. Maybe one needs to drink oaky Chablis with cheese for an enhanced experience. This isn't showing much in the way of tropical notes common in 2006 Chablis, although it is round and soft in mouthfeel and far less cut than I normally look for in Chablis.
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6/27/2011 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points
classic chablis and going strong at this point.
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4/5/2011 - cavalpha wrote: 90 Points
Awesome for a village Chablis.
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1/27/2011 - marckuipers wrote: 92 Points
Prachtig licht heel, hangt in t glas. Mooie neus. Fris en fruit. Mooie volle aanzet. Dikke geconcentreerde wijn. Zomers vol fruit. Kan nog paar mooie jaren mee.
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12/18/2010 - yannhry wrote: 90 Points
Très beau chablis, vif et frais mais non dénué de complexité. L'éléevage est déjà bein intégré et apporte du corps et du gras.
La longueur est déjà impressionnante.
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10/11/2010 - Pknut wrote:
Good showing. More cohesive than the last bottle, smooth and forward, rather '06 in its appeal right now, some old wood notes, with butter cream underneath. Good purity. Noticeable acidity and spice in the back palate. In a good place now.
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9/24/2010 - Pknut wrote:
A better showing than a bottle three months ago, but still, this wine needs time to come together. Right now, it's elements are disparate. There's a hint of a golden aura'ed, textured Dauvissat 1er greatness, but it's fleeting and then recedes. Very expressive on the palate, sometimes showing ginger, sometimes pineapple, so there's a bit of tropical element (very '06), and then later, with more air, a bit too much vanilla. Long, detailed finish. Like a kid with great potential, but a bit spastic in his youth.
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8/20/2010 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Simple Series VII: B.A.G (Burg, Alsace, German) - JT's farewell (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers): Really, really good for a village. Very clearly Chablis just on the nose alone - I do not think anything else on the table guessed otherwise. Lots of saline bits, some oyster shell, clams, some chalkiness, all adding up to a beautiful, low-toned minerality. Beyond that, there was some cream, some white fruit, but it was really those deep sea-shell and mineral scents that really caught the attention. Palate had a real weightiness to it, with a beeswaxy, almost oily texture - quite astounding for a village I thought. Admittedly, like many 2006 Chablis, what was gained in weight was lost in terms of precision, cut and freshness. However, the wine was still very nicely balanced, and still had a clean, clear feel to it (one might even say it was fresh if it was a 2006 Puligny), with wafting, sea-breeze and seashell flavours, almost like strolling on a beach, to go along with ripe white fruit notes. There was some nice complexity developing here as well I thought, with the wine's minerally essence underpinning everything else. Finish was long, seamless and well integrated with the rest of the wines, showing pinpricks of spice, white fruit and more of that super minerality. I really liked this.
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8/20/2010 - Dbrane wrote: 90 Points
Simple Series Dinner (Asia Grand, Singapore): Extremely light straw color. On the palate the minerals shorn through with the seashell taste in the foreground. Amazingly good for a village. Quite distinctly different from a Raveneau, which has more ripe fruits on the palate. This wasn't as piercingly acidic like a Fevre as well.
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8/20/2010 - Sleepy Dave wrote:
2010 Simple Wine Dinner Series No.7 - JT Farewell (Asia Grand @ Odeon Tower): Alcohol : 13%
Tasted blind. A soft gentle nose of floral, chalky mineral and smoky lemony note that is suggesting a Puligny but the palate which is telling this is a Chablis, perhaps a mid tier 1er cru Chablis that delivery complex and weighty flavor of gun flint, chalky mineral, creamy vanilla with spiciness which is clean and pure with gripping acidity that is quite fine with oyster shell, lemon peel bitterness and slight dry finish. Very good village which will only show it best with another 5yrs aged. I was shouting for oyster when I tasted it. Buy - Yes.
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7/8/2010 - Pknut wrote:
Didn't love it. There are traces of Dauvissat pedigree in here, but overall, this is rather lean and not giving much. I was actually looking for more volume . . . which is quite odd, considering the producer. I have a few of these and I'm going to cellar them away for a few years. Curiously, I've had my share of '06 Chablis, and it's not a vintage that, in general, I would age. But this one, I think, needs it.
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3/16/2010 - B Paul wrote: 89 Points
Drank over three hours and it improved with air/time. A little darker color than your average young Chablis. Medium-bodied with citrus and minerality; also some of the oceanic notes. Well made and very enjoyable. Score hurt a bit because this lacked a little of the crispness usually found in Chablis. Should improve with a little bottle age. 89+
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3/19/2009 - sehill wrote: 92 Points
This wine was decanted and poured. It showed exceptionally well with a similar tasting impression as a bottle tasted in June of 2008. There is a lot of depth and complexity for a village level wine. The aromatics show citrus, mineral and sea shell notes. The color is a light yellow that is youthful and vibrant. The medium bodied palate demonstrates outstanding balance between the core of fruit and acidity. The acidity gives structure and becomes more present on the finish. Again, this wine improved with time in the decanter. This should improve with a couple more years of bottle age and drink well now over the next 3 - 5 years.
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7/6/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Casual Farmers' Market Dinner: As with the '05, perhaps a shade or two darker than one would expect this early. Pretty fat, honeyed, and inviting up front, but then tried hard to show a tighter side with sea shells and good minerality. A good village wine, but like other 2006's, rich and somewhat diffuse, lacking the acidic snap I so value in Chablis.
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6/18/2008 - sehill wrote: 92 Points
Excellent follow up to the outstanding 2005. This shows similar aromatic qualities to the '05 with perhaps more of a lemon custard note instead of the citrus / lemon notes of the 2005. Excellent youthful light golden color. Medium bodied palate with a little more weight than the 2005. Long, balanced finish. The acidity gives the wine texture and grip. This is another outstanding example of a young village Chablis. This wine was decanted and airing brought out the complexity of the wine. An '06 La Forest tasted a few weeks previously showed even greater depth and complexity.
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