What a wine! My WOTN although it got muted at the end of the night. But at the beginning I couldn’t move away from this wine. It had this beautiful texture of lemon lime custard tart without the sweetness. Magnificent and need to buy these!!
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Greek yoghurt, lemon oil, iodine, sea salt. The tension on this wine is so good and so classically Raveneau, being both chiselled yet broad shouldered all at once. Some nice tertiary development as well in the form of honey and bruised apple. The richness of the wine is obvious although not as opulent as other vintage from this cuvée and while this is excellent (and I loved it), probably doesn’t hit the heady heights this maker can achieve with some proper age.
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Birthday dinner with good wine friends: Not as large-framed as my previous Raveneau experience. Still quite round but the mineral and citrus fruit dominated to give a superb tension to the wine. A balanced and poised wine, was a crowd favourite at the start but started to lose its structure with time. Glad to have shared this since top producers can be transcendental and Chablis as a region can be overlooked.
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Had this alongside the 2008 of the same wine. The 2008 was the better wine on this night by a wee bit. The 2008 bottle we had was fresher, brighter, more clear and had a bit more mineral bite. The 2007 opened with some pleasant lactic/cheese notes, and had a slightly fatter (for Raveneau) presentation. It was showing more maturity and some honeyed notes - but to be clear, not even a hint of prem-ox. Just showing its proper age (it is 16 after all), while the 2008 bottle we enjoyed remained more youthful. My last bottle of this 2007 was opened over 5 years ago, and I can say that the wine has shown some development over that period - which some white Burg fans would enjoy a lot. At a Paulee event, these really stood out positively among the whites...quite a few of which were either too young, or prem-oxed.
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Painfully young (!). A typical Raveneau in its youth with sea and salty white stones, very mineral and tightly wound. Notes of lemon and bitter sweet grapefuit, quite floral and a profound acidity. This was drunk at least 5 years too early and had none of the more mature and exotic Raveneau notes that are absolutely magic. Oh well, an acquired taste and not the least hedonistic. Intellectual and dry. That's ok, but damn you need to wait a long time for these wines to mature...
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The 2007 Raveneau Butteaux is drinking beautifully today. Expressive fruits with textbook Raveneau sweet oak toast and waxy white fruits. Ample energy and refreshing acidity, this will probably drink well over the next 15-20 years. Tasted blind and guessed Raveneau Chablis 1er 2010. Outstanding. (91/100)
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Raveneau's 2007 Butteaux is aromatically appealing with a tide pool nose of iodine and oyster shell with a bit of honey. Palate is structurally balanced with bright acidity but the density of flavor doesn't match the nose, finishing a bit short.
Nose of ocean air but not in a good way. In the mouth smooth as silk with thickness. Lack of acidity makes it flat and past it’s best. Better to drink than to taste. On the decline
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Seashell, citrus, lemon and rocks. Classic Raveneau with excellent balance between minerality and fruit. Good acidity support. Drinking well for a young Raveneau. Lots of potential.
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Popped and poured. Good color, pale yellow. The nose is effusive with sea brine, lemon rind and a broth/earthy element. Lovely palate, rich and deep without being fat. Lemon infused acidity and a glossy texture. Long, mouth watering finish. Classic Raveneau.
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After reading the most recent notes, I can only conclude that I must have had a bad bottle. This was rather disappointing. The nose was interesting, with some ripe fruit, but had an unexpected petrol note. Searing acidity in the mouth, that was to me not really balanced with the rest. Overall disappointing to me, given the other wines of this producer that I had tasted in the past.
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not quite as good as the 07 blanchots I had over a month ago but this was delicious. oyster shells, minerality and opulent. This just got better with air and continued to come together. great verve as well. 94/95
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Second bottle in a couple of months, apparently. I liked this just as much, if not a little bit more than the prior bottle. The nose is jut rocking with a melange of orchard fruit, florals and minerality. The palate is broad and round, yet tense. Superb. Much better than a more lean '11 side by side.
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Dinner at PST (Chicago, IL): Absolutely gorgeous bottle of Raveneau. I feel like I've been a bit down on the wines of late, but this is one that brings me back to the fold. The nose has a slight hint of reduction that blows off quickly, leaving you with this beautiful expression of chardonnay that encapsulates all the good things of Chablis and the stylization of the house. A mild hint of lemon curd, a lovely dose of salinity, plenty of acid and minerals, with a roundness that balances out all of the leaner elements. It's definitely a big wine, as it should be. And I have to trot out my worn out Sir Mix-A-Lot line: I like big Butteaux and I cannot lie.
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A fine vintage and bottle of this wine. The nose beams with green apple and intense mineral and sea breeze. Steely, fresh on the palate with excellent fruit concentration. Round and nervy at one — love that combo.
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Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): This is a fair bit of contrast from the 14 Foret I had last week (at the same venue, and just one seat over, I might irrelevantly add). This is a richer and broader wine, with a slight bit of waxiness on the nose and palate, but there is ample acidity to cut through it. I haven't really figured out the 2007 vintage yet -- sometimes I find that the wines have really nice cut, but other times, they come off a little thick for me. This bottle seemed to straddle the two well though -- the ripe fruit and acidity are in good balance here. For my palate, definitely ready to go.
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As before, a rather hard, lean, lemony wine with little of the usual Raveneau amplitude. Some sulfur in this bottle. Remarkably embryonic, this will definitely make old bones. The more times I have it, though, the less convinced I am about its ultimate potential since it's a little too compressed and narrow to ever be great.
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Leiden at Fizeau, Amsterdam: Lovely Chablis from Raveneau, still young with lemon and lemoncurd tones, minerals and saline. At the same time it also starts to show what makes Raveneau wines so special when they become old: honey, beeswax and spicy raciness. This suffered a bit from being tasted next to a very expressive Meursault Perrieres.
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Light yellow. A lemon bomb on the nose and in the mouth with brisk, tart lemon peel, medium body, and little of the Raveneau beeswax, hazelnut, and wood. Fantastically young and zesty. I would have guessed 2014 if tasted blind. Another decade of development ahead of it.
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Enjoyed this in a mini-vertical of Raveneau Butteaux that also encompassed the 2004, 2010 and 2012. My order of preference was 2007, then 2010, then 2004 not far behind. The 2012 was just too young and not showing much at all. This 2007 was typical of the vintage - strong, above average acids, high minerality, and a more racy, linear presentation. Long finish. Beautiful wine. A few tasters who preferred "fuller" white Burgs found the 2010 more to their liking. Both of these are excellent. Absent premox, the 2007 can go for years and years more...very youthful yet.
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read ESH44's note and had the same exact experience, but without -- sadly -- the benefit of having the wine after 7 hours in decanter... all I got was something highly acidic (which I usually love), minerals for sure but with little citrus (or other) fruit of any kind, it was - like his - gold and I feared premox but thankfully it was at least a bright wine, my wife said OK
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I've often regretted not giving younger Raveneau bottles a long enough decanting -- same thing again here. Opened/decanted three hours before dinner. Color was darker gold so feared premox. But no oxidative notes -- rather this was muted and a bit thin on the palate. Odd. With dinner, the wine was still closed up but starting to show some mineral backbone. Well after dinner (6-7 hours after first opening), this completely blossomed into everything I love about Raveneau. Huge aromatics of saline rocks, citrus, musk, and a densely coiled spine. Really beautiful -- wish we had more than 1/4 bottle left at that point.
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something really off with this bottle... I'm not good at ID'ing the flaws (other than pure premox) but this bottle (especially in the context of a recent bottle of the same wine) was undrinkable, tried on day two as well and NO GO
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had in Jackson Hole, very nice bottle but nothing that special (for Raveneau)... good acidity, nice citrus fruit profile, not a lot of minerality or zest (e.g. no 'rind' element, no mint, no 'extra ingredient')... not sure Raveneau's Butteaux is my thing
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Light and pure nose of sea breeze and iodine. Lightweight, compact, pure, and focused, with mineral and saline flavors. Incredibly long saline finish. The 2007 Butteaux shows incredible purity.
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Great chablis. Started silent. Needed air. Then the beewax and yellow fruit rocket rose higher . At the top it was mouthwatering medium + body with nice acidity. Good finish. My first raveneau . I liked it , but its so hard to find some, that i wont hunt for them, because there is enough chablis out there on the same level.
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Electric, sharp, linear, lime juice rocket at first. Almost a bit painful. After about 30 min open and with food this began to show a bit more, and then a touch lactic on finish. Still very structured and tight. Think it needs another 2-3 years at least before revisiting.
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Muted nose with vanilla extract & white flowers. Flavor comes forward subtlety then expands like a cone with richness and complexity. Watermelon rind, hay, meyer lemon, sea grass, oyster shell, honeycomb, fine texture but manages to glaze the mouth with rich flavors of chicken fat, walnut, almond, and fermented hops on the end.
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This bottle turned out to be ever so lightly corked, but this was not apparent at all until the very last pour. Light yellow. Absolutely typical sea breeze and iodine aromas. Light for a Raveneau, although it did pick up weight with air. Lemony, herbal, and crisp, altogether still quite young and primary. TCA aside, this was exciting Chablis.
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Ripe, buttery, and unctuous for Chablis. Some fresh citrus notes with a bit of air. As round and lovely as it is, I'd rather stay on the other side of the valley...
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Showing great at a decade. Very light color, no signs of age in color or nose. Fresh clean complex nose of very ripe white fruit and a hint of spearminty truffles. Unctuous palate and very refreshing, gorgeous.
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Closed nose even after 30min aerating. Delicate and refined palate, round and juicy, massive length. Crushed limestone minerality, lemon peel, apple and buttery.
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Decanted and drank over a couple of hours. Initially a bit muted on nose but with the air and some swirling it unwound the yellow fruit, butter and honeyed flavors. The palate was brilliant! powerful with explosive and mouth coating acidity but linear at the same time, with tension and plenty of wet stone/minerality. Add the the rich fruit and the typical waxy/honeyed texture and there's a textbook Raveneau-like wine that perfectly reflects the vintage. An incredible 1er Cru and a steal for €58. 93-94
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Fogheads@HSA - Østerbro (Østerbro, Copenhagen): Too young, certainly; bright, with citrus-notes, creamy, but light and elegant, send us to Puligny-Montrachet when tasting blind. 91+ #Foghead#HSA
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2013 Grand Cru Horizontal tasting (Prince Wine Store, Bank Street, Melbourne): Rich, buttery and creamy. Smell reminds me of drinking Chablis at Pauls, the ex brother in laws which is completely unhelpful for anyone other than me, Paul, his wife and my ex-wife…Sorry. But there is bees wax, honey with apple and slight citrus notes. More of the same on the palate. Arguably this is a bit worked but it's bloody nice and travels exceedingly long on the palate. Pretty damn sharp I'd say.
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Followed over 4 hours. Needed at least half an hour to open up. Really enjoyed this. This still seems young, and should definitely continue to improve for years.
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Purchased off the wine list at La Cagouille. Served at a cool, not cold temperature. The sommelier, who visits the domaine yearly, mentioned that after wondering for years how one was to remove the wax covering when opening the bottle, asked the Raveneau brothers. "They said just plunge right in with the corkscrew", which is what he did. Pristine white gold color. Nose of white stone, gun flint, oyster shell, alpine floral notes, grapefruit, a bit of apple core. Ethereal, persistent layers of citrus, granny apple, and hints of white peach laced with flint and aristocratic steely spine on the palate. The whole thing unfolded like the opening of a flower. Bright, incisive acidity and long finish of mouth-watering mineral, white fruit, and poised grip. The combination of this wine and the expert presentation of superb seafood at La Cagouille was a great way to begin our trip.
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A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Burgundy, Piedmont, Riesling, Champ and Sautenres (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Nice to compare to the 08 as both nicely reflects the vintage characters. Very floral and pure nose displaying lemon curd, lemon zest, cool mountain stream, light honey, wet stone and seashell. Medium concentration, very pure and cool palate, bright acidity, strong presence of mineral and lovely cool mineral driven finish. Some tasters comments that this is tighter. For my palate, this is slightly less concentrated and coiled but fresher and cooler. Excellent showing which is not surprising for Raveneau.
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Tasted over 3 hrs -translucent light gold-green -subtle sea breeze lanolin faint oak -med+ acidity with ample viscosity that still gives a soft-ish mouthfeel, med weight builds up to faded lemon sappiness that finally finishes long with a touch of caramel -doing well now on a mature plateau, wood is evident but not intrusive, powerfully understated in typical Raveneau fashion
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very nice -- and very unique combination of chablis like cut and acidity, but at the very same time there was a lingering richness / vanillin roundness to it... had something for all and in that sense a true study in contrasts... I liked it
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Gorgeous nose of sea moss, lime blossom honey, apple, and oyster shell. Citrus and florals on the salty palate, both rich and angular at once, with great acidity. Lengthy and persistent mid-palate and finish. Stellar Chablis, classic Raveneau. 2007 shows such purity. Drinking well for 10+ years.
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Light yellow. Lemon/lime and floral aromas. Medium weight, dry, powerful and penetrating mid-palate, puckering acidity, and loads of crushed stone on the finish. Marvelous wine that showed none of the Raveneau wax and hazelnut until the very end after it had been open for over 2 hours. Still very youthful. Drink now only if you crave the linear, highly chiseled Chablis experience. Same impression as when last tasted over 5 year ago-this is a great Premier Cru.
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Good definition from the acid, but the fruit is not a precise and becomes somewhat undifferentiated by the midpalate. This needs at least another few years of bottle age (a slightly different impression than I had from my last bottle). Consumed with seaweed and mushroom ramen. 91++
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A beautiful Chablis with lots of minerality, including seashells, lime, chalk, iodine, and great complexity. It blossomed after it was open about an hour.
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Now entering a good drinking zone. Significant minerality and flint, moderate acids, some spice, rounded lemon. Currently on the middle path, not as racy as some of its brethren but still with energy. 91-92
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Decanted. Pale yellow color. The nose sports iodine, sea brine, lemon and a very alluring stony/flinty/rocky element. The nose screams chablis but is not overt, you need to work to get to it. Bracing acidity defines the lively palate. There is a ton of energy, loads of cut, wrapped in a spare, lean mouthfeel. A tart lemony element defines the palate, and it has some creaminess to buffer the acidity. Raveneau's Butteaux rarely has the richness of his MdT, but it's edginess and cut is fantastic.
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Steely, austere, long, with just a hint of richness. A glimpse of future excellence but realistically too young. The 1990 score is for now. No doubt it will rise.
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Still young and needs time, but after about 30-40 min it was showing beautifully. Long and deep, that mineral punch, funky nose that blossomed into lemons. Then it quieted down again.
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Color amarillo brillante con suaves irisaciones doradas, ribete acerado amarillento y gruesa lágrima lenta. En nariz inicialmente se muestra muy cerrado, necesita un buen rato abierto o hasta incluso decantar media botella e ir comparando entre el vino decantado y el que sigue quedando en botella. La decantación le sienta de maravilla y se va abriendo muy tímidamente mostrando aromas cítricos bien maduros, los tostados cremosos pero muy marcados y que llegan a resultar bastante duros (más marcados en el vino que queda en la botella), pimienta blanca, notas minerales muy marcadas, piedra fresca que recuerda el granito mojado, tierra húmeda, flores blancas e hierbas secas de fondo. En boca tiene una excelente entrada pero con una intensidad y concentración muy marcada, fruta cítrica muy carnosa, los tostados muy presentes y una carga tánica sorprendente, potente y con mucho volumen, graso, hierbas secas, atisbos de fresca mineralidad que le aportan mayor frescura al conjunto, muy buena acidez, cítricos bien maduros (lima y pomelo amarillo), toques especiados y muy persistente. Final largo, postgusto de cítricos maduros y notas de madera tostada, retronasal muy ahumado.
More information: www.elvi.net/2015/01/24/raveneau-chablis-premier-cru-butteaux-2007/
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very pale gold. gentle white flowers, a faint whiff of cottage cheese, soft peach and stonefruit zest. Delicate palate but with nice intensity of fruit. Has freshness, a clean and crisp finish although relatively soft. Zesty peaches, some lime juice with just a little honeysuckle and mineral spice. lovely drinking now, possibly beyond its peak.
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A Week in Osoyoos; 7/5/2014-7/11/2014 (Osoyoos, BC): Brief notes. Simple killer--vibrant and tense with so much focus and Raveneau goodness. This was extremely youthful and needed tons of air to open up. Still great to drink but this can go decades. Excellent. 92+
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Nice bouquet, a hint of marzipan on the nose. You can even smell the mineral. Yellow fruit. A quite fat Chablis 1:er Cru. Lime, lemon, slate, nice acidity. Well done.
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Lunch C.A. de la Paulée: Lunch chez Vincent Un nez passablement réduit à l'ouverture, plus citronné ensuite, il est resté un peu mat. Une bouche droite, avec une belle pureté, mais manque un peu de profondeur à mon goût. 89 pts
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HDH Raveneau Tasting (MK Restaurant - Chicago, IL): An amazing wine, albeit young. Like a basketball phenom you see in high school and can see greatness, this wine was like that. Some of the characteristics weren't perfectly balanced at this point (picked up a lot of sulphur on the nose), but the raw material was spectacular. I think the purity and freshness of the fruit really struck me as otherworldly - the 2007 Raveneau's are epic.
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Blast of sulphur initially which blew off to reveal beautiful seashells minerality with whiff of honey which grew stronger over time. On palate brisk acidity balanced by that same honeyed sweetness which gave an overall impression of roundness, unusual for a Chablis. Superb example and many years of life ahead.
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Casual dinner at Home: Tighter at first (I should know better than to pop and pour a bottle of Raveneau) and showing very much light a Carillon Puligny. After being opened for a few hours this sprung to life with classic Chablis notes and lemon cream. Vibrant and loads of tension with great cut and precision. This should be great to follow over a decade or more. Excellent. 92+
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The nose is a little reticent, but I did get some mineral notes before I tasted. Then, wow: Minerals, seashell, lime, lemon, slate, and a finish that goes on and on. It paired well with some grilled fish and baked asparagus with butter.
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RAVENEAU Tasting @ Restaurant De Eendracht (Rotterdam , Netherlands): The medium-minus intense straw core is devoid from colour at the rim. The medium intense and typical minerally dominated nose has added a layer of sweeter citrus fruits to the earlier notes of saline minerality, lemon and white flowers. Also, the blue-ish clay this part of Montmains is known for seems to now express itself more precisely. Seemingly no more than medium bodied thanks to the pronounced zippy acidity of the vintage, the lean impression continues on the mid-palate with medium-plus intense flavours of totally saline –even prickly, if that makes sense– oyster shell, while the lemon sherbet-like fruit is still somewhat shy. The understated 30-35 second finish induces severe squinting among the bulk of present tasters, despite great integration of materials and a lushly textured deliverance. Being the sucker that I am for nervously styled wines however, I will award 91 points with upside potential, but I will nonetheless endeavour to leave the rest of my stash until 2017......TN Mike de Lange
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Dinner at Palena (Palena - Washington, DC): You know how kids run around the beach with open jars trying to capture the smell of the beach/ocean so they can take a whiff when they get home? This bottle of Raveneau is the adult version of that. THIS is what chardonnay is all about.
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Drinking supremely well right now. Loaded with lemons and possesses a light creaminess that adds richness and protects the gums from the sharp Chablis citrus and geology. It is layered, textured full and long.
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very pure, rich, yet light in the mouth - the truest expression of Chardonnay. This is VERY ready - am not a subscriber to Rav Chablis needing 10 years to show at their best.
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I liked the 06 that I had a few nights previously slightly better. The 07 is more acidic with grapefruit, lime, orange zest. Still nicely balanced with good minerality and some tropical fruit. May need more time to unfold.
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"dry, backward, serious, and rather stern..." drwine2001's description of the style of this wine is spot on... I found this wine to be very cru-like (firm, minerally, not particularly friendly or overt, but with density)... for me over the two days I tasted it was aything but singing aromatically and was always texturally very firm and hard though it still has that fantastic cru-ness... this needs quite a bit of time to come around so leave it alone for another 3-5 for sure and then don't expect it to fatten up a ton... has the potential to be "outstanding" in time within the firmish style that will always be there I suspect.
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Burghound in Asia Grand Tasting (St. Regis Hotel, Singapore): My this was good! A classic Chablis in every sense of the word. Salty, savoury, seashell and flint scents danced alongside white fruit scents in an entrancing nose. In the mouth, the wine showed serious palate-staining intensity wed to precise definition and great 2007 freshness and focus. There was the white fruit picked up on the nose, some creaminess and sweet lemons as the wine pulled away in a powerful and super long finish. Brilliant stuff.
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Burghound in Asia Grand Tasting (St. Regis, Singapore): Laser-like precision coupled with palate-staining intensity of fruit yet the salinity is quintessentially Chablis. Very very concentrated in the context of the vintage and needless to say length was amazing as well. A wow wine.
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Raveneau's 2007 Premier Crus and Valmur (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Minty, green aromatics with other spices showing up later. Medium weight, not that much different from the Vaillons, but this has an incredible sense of dry extract which gives the wine a completely different feel in the mouth. The fruit has more of a crabapple quality than citrus. Overall, the impression is that this is dry, backward, serious, and rather stern compared to the rest of the range. Bitterness, great dirt on the back end, and the finish shows impressive reserves of well concealed acidity. Today, I preferred this to the Montee de Tonnerre and thought that it even gave the Valmur a run for its money. Great Premier Cru.
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This wine was decanted and poured. The aromatics begin with chalk, oyster shell, slate and lemon. Initially the lemon notes dominate; however, with airing the other notes come forward and provide balance to the citrus notes. During the course of consumption the bouquet develops and evolves providing a nuanced and harmonious balance between the different aromatic descriptors. The color is light, youthful yellow. It is correct for the wines age. The medium bodied palate shows outstanding balance and a medium to long finish with zippy acidity with slate and chalk notes present. This drinks well now and bottle age will provide additional complexity and nuance.
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10/7/2023 - Dibbs Likes this wine: 96 Points
What a wine! My WOTN although it got muted at the end of the night. But at the beginning I couldn’t move away from this wine. It had this beautiful texture of lemon lime custard tart without the sweetness. Magnificent and need to buy these!!
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10/6/2023 - wineton.mee wrote: 94 Points
Greek yoghurt, lemon oil, iodine, sea salt. The tension on this wine is so good and so classically Raveneau, being both chiselled yet broad shouldered all at once. Some nice tertiary development as well in the form of honey and bruised apple. The richness of the wine is obvious although not as opulent as other vintage from this cuvée and while this is excellent (and I loved it), probably doesn’t hit the heady heights this maker can achieve with some proper age.
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10/6/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 94 Points
Birthday dinner with good wine friends: Not as large-framed as my previous Raveneau experience. Still quite round but the mineral and citrus fruit dominated to give a superb tension to the wine. A balanced and poised wine, was a crowd favourite at the start but started to lose its structure with time. Glad to have shared this since top producers can be transcendental and Chablis as a region can be overlooked.
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9/18/2023 - Blair Curtis wrote: 93 Points
Had this alongside the 2008 of the same wine. The 2008 was the better wine on this night by a wee bit. The 2008 bottle we had was fresher, brighter, more clear and had a bit more mineral bite. The 2007 opened with some pleasant lactic/cheese notes, and had a slightly fatter (for Raveneau) presentation. It was showing more maturity and some honeyed notes - but to be clear, not even a hint of prem-ox. Just showing its proper age (it is 16 after all), while the 2008 bottle we enjoyed remained more youthful. My last bottle of this 2007 was opened over 5 years ago, and I can say that the wine has shown some development over that period - which some white Burg fans would enjoy a lot. At a Paulee event, these really stood out positively among the whites...quite a few of which were either too young, or prem-oxed.
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9/14/2023 - psi wrote: 93 Points
Painfully young (!). A typical Raveneau in its youth with sea and salty white stones, very mineral and tightly wound. Notes of lemon and bitter sweet grapefuit, quite floral and a profound acidity. This was drunk at least 5 years too early and had none of the more mature and exotic Raveneau notes that are absolutely magic. Oh well, an acquired taste and not the least hedonistic. Intellectual and dry. That's ok, but damn you need to wait a long time for these wines to mature...
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6/11/2023 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great bottle. Lemon, saline, sea shells, ocean rocks and even some hazelnut on the finish. Zero oxidation. Tons of nuance and depth. In the zone.
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7/21/2022 - llink wrote: flawed
PNP. Mildly corked. Nose is disappointing, but the palate is still lively with a lovely texture and redeeming lemon based acidity.
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6/13/2022 - Jammy Wine wrote: 91 Points
The 2007 Raveneau Butteaux is drinking beautifully today. Expressive fruits with textbook Raveneau sweet oak toast and waxy white fruits. Ample energy and refreshing acidity, this will probably drink well over the next 15-20 years. Tasted blind and guessed Raveneau Chablis 1er 2010. Outstanding. (91/100)
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3/25/2022 - rlove wrote:
Raveneau's 2007 Butteaux is aromatically appealing with a tide pool nose of iodine and oyster shell with a bit of honey. Palate is structurally balanced with bright acidity but the density of flavor doesn't match the nose, finishing a bit short.
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3/10/2022 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Zachy's La Paulee 2022 (Le Bernardin Prive): Eight hours of air. Beautifully balanced, so sweet and plentiful. Edgeless yet great acidity. 93-94
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12/18/2021 - hprphf wrote: 92 Points
Magnum Holiday Dinner (Hao Noodle): Identifiably Raveneau in the lineup, some green and underripe qualities in this vintage? 92
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10/30/2021 - Ispendtoomuchmoneyonwine wrote: 88 Points
Nose of ocean air but not in a good way. In the mouth smooth as silk with thickness. Lack of acidity makes it flat and past it’s best. Better to drink than to taste. On the decline
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9/10/2021 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
Seashell, citrus, lemon and rocks. Classic Raveneau with excellent balance between minerality and fruit. Good acidity support. Drinking well for a young Raveneau. Lots of potential.
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8/9/2021 - WEB,III Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent showing.
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6/26/2021 - llink wrote: 93 Points
Popped and poured. Good color, pale yellow. The nose is effusive with sea brine, lemon rind and a broth/earthy element. Lovely palate, rich and deep without being fat. Lemon infused acidity and a glossy texture. Long, mouth watering finish. Classic Raveneau.
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5/9/2021 - WEB,III wrote: flawed
Corked
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3/4/2021 - L-C. wrote:
After reading the most recent notes, I can only conclude that I must have had a bad bottle. This was rather disappointing. The nose was interesting, with some ripe fruit, but had an unexpected petrol note. Searing acidity in the mouth, that was to me not really balanced with the rest. Overall disappointing to me, given the other wines of this producer that I had tasted in the past.
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12/13/2020 - fatboi Likes this wine: 94 Points
not quite as good as the 07 blanchots I had over a month ago but this was delicious. oyster shells, minerality and opulent. This just got better with air and continued to come together. great verve as well. 94/95
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12/31/2019 - RayOB wrote: 92 Points
Drank at 67
Rich buttery and delicious
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8/21/2019 - Kim Gerner wrote: 95 Points
Raveneau, Zind Humbrecht etc - Wine tasting dinner (Erik Sørensen, Søllerød Kro): Very rich and high intensity, apricot, grapefruit, toffee, clearly developed in a very good way. Perfect balance. Simply an outstanding wine performing so much better than vintage 2011, which I scored 91
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7/23/2019 - danstrings Likes this wine: 92 Points
Gorgeous, showing some more development with exotic hazelnut/argan oils, a bready- umami note, yet good salinity and freshness.
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5/2/2019 - Nanda wrote: 94 Points
Second bottle in a couple of months, apparently. I liked this just as much, if not a little bit more than the prior bottle. The nose is jut rocking with a melange of orchard fruit, florals and minerality. The palate is broad and round, yet tense. Superb. Much better than a more lean '11 side by side.
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5/2/2019 - acyso wrote: 95 Points
Dinner at PST (Chicago, IL): Absolutely gorgeous bottle of Raveneau. I feel like I've been a bit down on the wines of late, but this is one that brings me back to the fold. The nose has a slight hint of reduction that blows off quickly, leaving you with this beautiful expression of chardonnay that encapsulates all the good things of Chablis and the stylization of the house. A mild hint of lemon curd, a lovely dose of salinity, plenty of acid and minerals, with a roundness that balances out all of the leaner elements. It's definitely a big wine, as it should be. And I have to trot out my worn out Sir Mix-A-Lot line: I like big Butteaux and I cannot lie.
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3/13/2019 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points
A fine vintage and bottle of this wine. The nose beams with green apple and intense mineral and sea breeze. Steely, fresh on the palate with excellent fruit concentration. Round and nervy at one — love that combo.
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3/13/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): This is a fair bit of contrast from the 14 Foret I had last week (at the same venue, and just one seat over, I might irrelevantly add). This is a richer and broader wine, with a slight bit of waxiness on the nose and palate, but there is ample acidity to cut through it. I haven't really figured out the 2007 vintage yet -- sometimes I find that the wines have really nice cut, but other times, they come off a little thick for me. This bottle seemed to straddle the two well though -- the ripe fruit and acidity are in good balance here. For my palate, definitely ready to go.
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2/4/2019 - sooper65 wrote: 90 Points
nice wine.
Worth £35 for sure.
Not more
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1/28/2019 - EhrlichDY wrote: flawed
Corked. Darn.
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1/27/2019 - dcwino wrote: flawed
A lazy Sunday lunch - Bordeaux blind, Raveneau, PYCM, Yquem, Dom Rose and etc. (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA): Corked.
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12/27/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
As before, a rather hard, lean, lemony wine with little of the usual Raveneau amplitude. Some sulfur in this bottle. Remarkably embryonic, this will definitely make old bones. The more times I have it, though, the less convinced I am about its ultimate potential since it's a little too compressed and narrow to ever be great.
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11/25/2018 - Barry Rothof wrote: 92 Points
Ramonet | Raveneau | PYCM (Restaurant Fizeau , Amsterdam): Elegant nose of ripe citrus. On the palate ripe pear, honey and underlying acidity, fine, delicate spicy on the finish.
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11/23/2018 - Burgaddict wrote:
Leiden at Fizeau, Amsterdam: Lovely Chablis from Raveneau, still young with lemon and lemoncurd tones, minerals and saline. At the same time it also starts to show what makes Raveneau wines so special when they become old: honey, beeswax and spicy raciness. This suffered a bit from being tasted next to a very expressive Meursault Perrieres.
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8/29/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light yellow. A lemon bomb on the nose and in the mouth with brisk, tart lemon peel, medium body, and little of the Raveneau beeswax, hazelnut, and wood. Fantastically young and zesty. I would have guessed 2014 if tasted blind. Another decade of development ahead of it.
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5/20/2018 - Blair Curtis wrote: 94 Points
Enjoyed this in a mini-vertical of Raveneau Butteaux that also encompassed the 2004, 2010 and 2012. My order of preference was 2007, then 2010, then 2004 not far behind. The 2012 was just too young and not showing much at all. This 2007 was typical of the vintage - strong, above average acids, high minerality, and a more racy, linear presentation. Long finish. Beautiful wine. A few tasters who preferred "fuller" white Burgs found the 2010 more to their liking. Both of these are excellent. Absent premox, the 2007 can go for years and years more...very youthful yet.
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5/8/2018 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 89 Points
read ESH44's note and had the same exact experience, but without -- sadly -- the benefit of having the wine after 7 hours in decanter... all I got was something highly acidic (which I usually love), minerals for sure but with little citrus (or other) fruit of any kind, it was - like his - gold and I feared premox but thankfully it was at least a bright wine, my wife said OK
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4/14/2018 - esh44 wrote:
I've often regretted not giving younger Raveneau bottles a long enough decanting -- same thing again here. Opened/decanted three hours before dinner. Color was darker gold so feared premox. But no oxidative notes -- rather this was muted and a bit thin on the palate. Odd. With dinner, the wine was still closed up but starting to show some mineral backbone. Well after dinner (6-7 hours after first opening), this completely blossomed into everything I love about Raveneau. Huge aromatics of saline rocks, citrus, musk, and a densely coiled spine. Really beautiful -- wish we had more than 1/4 bottle left at that point.
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3/6/2018 - WoodieBayArea wrote: flawed
something really off with this bottle... I'm not good at ID'ing the flaws (other than pure premox) but this bottle (especially in the context of a recent bottle of the same wine) was undrinkable, tried on day two as well and NO GO
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3/2/2018 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 90 Points
had in Jackson Hole, very nice bottle but nothing that special (for Raveneau)... good acidity, nice citrus fruit profile, not a lot of minerality or zest (e.g. no 'rind' element, no mint, no 'extra ingredient')... not sure Raveneau's Butteaux is my thing
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2/28/2018 - rlove wrote: 92 Points
Light and pure nose of sea breeze and iodine. Lightweight, compact, pure, and focused, with mineral and saline flavors. Incredibly long saline finish. The 2007 Butteaux shows incredible purity.
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2/10/2018 - Frank Schneider wrote: 94 Points
Great chablis. Started silent. Needed air. Then the beewax and yellow fruit rocket rose higher . At the top it was mouthwatering medium + body with nice acidity. Good finish. My first raveneau . I liked it , but its so hard to find some, that i wont hunt for them, because there is enough chablis out there on the same level.
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1/16/2018 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Electric, sharp, linear, lime juice rocket at first. Almost a bit painful. After about 30 min open and with food this began to show a bit more, and then a touch lactic on finish. Still very structured and tight. Think it needs another 2-3 years at least before revisiting.
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10/21/2017 - Ispendtoomuchmoneyonwine wrote: 95 Points
Full bodied Chablis oily nuts minerals pear very smooth almost creamy as good as it is I prefer the Montee de Tonnerre
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10/21/2017 - Wine Trader Likes this wine: 94 Points
Muted nose with vanilla extract & white flowers. Flavor comes forward subtlety then expands like a cone with richness and complexity. Watermelon rind, hay, meyer lemon, sea grass, oyster shell, honeycomb, fine texture but manages to glaze the mouth with rich flavors of chicken fat, walnut, almond, and fermented hops on the end.
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9/1/2017 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
This bottle turned out to be ever so lightly corked, but this was not apparent at all until the very last pour. Light yellow. Absolutely typical sea breeze and iodine aromas. Light for a Raveneau, although it did pick up weight with air. Lemony, herbal, and crisp, altogether still quite young and primary. TCA aside, this was exciting Chablis.
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8/28/2017 - englishman's claret wrote: 92 Points
Ripe, buttery, and unctuous for Chablis. Some fresh citrus notes with a bit of air. As round and lovely as it is, I'd rather stay on the other side of the valley...
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8/26/2017 - danstrings Likes this wine: 94 Points
Showing great at a decade. Very light color, no signs of age in color or nose. Fresh clean complex nose of very ripe white fruit and a hint of spearminty truffles. Unctuous palate and very refreshing, gorgeous.
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3/4/2017 - JWdeSommelier wrote: 93 Points
Closed nose even after 30min aerating. Delicate and refined palate, round and juicy, massive length. Crushed limestone minerality, lemon peel, apple and buttery.
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2/25/2017 - Periko Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted and drank over a couple of hours. Initially a bit muted on nose but with the air and some swirling it unwound the yellow fruit, butter and honeyed flavors. The palate was brilliant! powerful with explosive and mouth coating acidity but linear at the same time, with tension and plenty of wet stone/minerality. Add the the rich fruit and the typical waxy/honeyed texture and there's a textbook Raveneau-like wine that perfectly reflects the vintage. An incredible 1er Cru and a steal for €58. 93-94
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1/22/2017 - beatles wrote: 91 Points
Fogheads@HSA - Østerbro (Østerbro, Copenhagen): Too young, certainly; bright, with citrus-notes, creamy, but light and elegant, send us to Puligny-Montrachet when tasting blind. 91+ #Foghead#HSA
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1/14/2017 - chatters wrote:
2013 Grand Cru Horizontal tasting (Prince Wine Store, Bank Street, Melbourne): Rich, buttery and creamy. Smell reminds me of drinking Chablis at Pauls, the ex brother in laws which is completely unhelpful for anyone other than me, Paul, his wife and my ex-wife…Sorry. But there is bees wax, honey with apple and slight citrus notes. More of the same on the palate. Arguably this is a bit worked but it's bloody nice and travels exceedingly long on the palate. Pretty damn sharp I'd say.
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12/22/2016 - B Paul wrote:
Followed over 4 hours. Needed at least half an hour to open up. Really enjoyed this. This still seems young, and should definitely continue to improve for years.
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9/17/2016 - DougLee wrote: 93 Points
Purchased off the wine list at La Cagouille. Served at a cool, not cold temperature. The sommelier, who visits the domaine yearly, mentioned that after wondering for years how one was to remove the wax covering when opening the bottle, asked the Raveneau brothers. "They said just plunge right in with the corkscrew", which is what he did. Pristine white gold color. Nose of white stone, gun flint, oyster shell, alpine floral notes, grapefruit, a bit of apple core. Ethereal, persistent layers of citrus, granny apple, and hints of white peach laced with flint and aristocratic steely spine on the palate. The whole thing unfolded like the opening of a flower. Bright, incisive acidity and long finish of mouth-watering mineral, white fruit, and poised grip. The combination of this wine and the expert presentation of superb seafood at La Cagouille was a great way to begin our trip.
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9/2/2016 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Burgundy, Piedmont, Riesling, Champ and Sautenres (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Nice to compare to the 08 as both nicely reflects the vintage characters. Very floral and pure nose displaying lemon curd, lemon zest, cool mountain stream, light honey, wet stone and seashell. Medium concentration, very pure and cool palate, bright acidity, strong presence of mineral and lovely cool mineral driven finish. Some tasters comments that this is tighter. For my palate, this is slightly less concentrated and coiled but fresher and cooler. Excellent showing which is not surprising for Raveneau.
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7/1/2016 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 3 hrs
-translucent light gold-green
-subtle sea breeze lanolin faint oak
-med+ acidity with ample viscosity that still gives a soft-ish mouthfeel, med weight builds up to faded lemon sappiness that finally finishes long with a touch of caramel
-doing well now on a mature plateau, wood is evident but not intrusive, powerfully understated in typical Raveneau fashion
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6/12/2016 - hselte wrote: flawed
Ox
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6/6/2016 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
very nice -- and very unique combination of chablis like cut and acidity, but at the very same time there was a lingering richness / vanillin roundness to it... had something for all and in that sense a true study in contrasts... I liked it
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5/6/2016 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Gorgeous nose of sea moss, lime blossom honey, apple, and oyster shell. Citrus and florals on the salty palate, both rich and angular at once, with great acidity. Lengthy and persistent mid-palate and finish. Stellar Chablis, classic Raveneau. 2007 shows such purity. Drinking well for 10+ years.
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1/27/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light yellow. Lemon/lime and floral aromas. Medium weight, dry, powerful and penetrating mid-palate, puckering acidity, and loads of crushed stone on the finish. Marvelous wine that showed none of the Raveneau wax and hazelnut until the very end after it had been open for over 2 hours. Still very youthful. Drink now only if you crave the linear, highly chiseled Chablis experience. Same impression as when last tasted over 5 year ago-this is a great Premier Cru.
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1/23/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good definition from the acid, but the fruit is not a precise and becomes somewhat undifferentiated by the midpalate. This needs at least another few years of bottle age (a slightly different impression than I had from my last bottle). Consumed with seaweed and mushroom ramen. 91++
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12/30/2015 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine: 93 Points
A beautiful Chablis with lots of minerality, including seashells, lime, chalk, iodine, and great complexity. It blossomed after it was open about an hour.
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11/13/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Now entering a good drinking zone. Significant minerality and flint, moderate acids, some spice, rounded lemon. Currently on the middle path, not as racy as some of its brethren but still with energy. 91-92
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8/16/2015 - llink wrote: 92 Points
Decanted. Pale yellow color. The nose sports iodine, sea brine, lemon and a very alluring stony/flinty/rocky element. The nose screams chablis but is not overt, you need to work to get to it. Bracing acidity defines the lively palate. There is a ton of energy, loads of cut, wrapped in a spare, lean mouthfeel. A tart lemony element defines the palate, and it has some creaminess to buffer the acidity. Raveneau's Butteaux rarely has the richness of his MdT, but it's edginess and cut is fantastic.
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6/29/2015 - finewinebuff57 wrote: 90 Points
Steely, austere, long, with just a hint of richness. A glimpse of future excellence but realistically too young. The 1990 score is for now. No doubt it will rise.
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2/11/2015 - LW31 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still young and needs time, but after about 30-40 min it was showing beautifully. Long and deep, that mineral punch, funky nose that blossomed into lemons. Then it quieted down again.
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2/11/2015 - elvinet Likes this wine: 94 Points
Color amarillo brillante con suaves irisaciones doradas, ribete acerado amarillento y gruesa lágrima lenta. En nariz inicialmente se muestra muy cerrado, necesita un buen rato abierto o hasta incluso decantar media botella e ir comparando entre el vino decantado y el que sigue quedando en botella. La decantación le sienta de maravilla y se va abriendo muy tímidamente mostrando aromas cítricos bien maduros, los tostados cremosos pero muy marcados y que llegan a resultar bastante duros (más marcados en el vino que queda en la botella), pimienta blanca, notas minerales muy marcadas, piedra fresca que recuerda el granito mojado, tierra húmeda, flores blancas e hierbas secas de fondo. En boca tiene una excelente entrada pero con una intensidad y concentración muy marcada, fruta cítrica muy carnosa, los tostados muy presentes y una carga tánica sorprendente, potente y con mucho volumen, graso, hierbas secas, atisbos de fresca mineralidad que le aportan mayor frescura al conjunto, muy buena acidez, cítricos bien maduros (lima y pomelo amarillo), toques especiados y muy persistente. Final largo, postgusto de cítricos maduros y notas de madera tostada, retronasal muy ahumado.
More information: www.elvi.net/2015/01/24/raveneau-chablis-premier-cru-butteaux-2007/
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12/17/2014 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 90 Points
very pale gold.
gentle white flowers, a faint whiff of cottage cheese, soft peach and stonefruit zest.
Delicate palate but with nice intensity of fruit. Has freshness, a clean and crisp finish although relatively soft. Zesty peaches, some lime juice with just a little honeysuckle and mineral spice. lovely drinking now, possibly beyond its peak.
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7/11/2014 - godx wrote: 92 Points
A Week in Osoyoos; 7/5/2014-7/11/2014 (Osoyoos, BC): Brief notes. Simple killer--vibrant and tense with so much focus and Raveneau goodness. This was extremely youthful and needed tons of air to open up. Still great to drink but this can go decades. Excellent. 92+
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5/12/2014 - rshelleman wrote: 92 Points
Not as good as my last bottle. A bit fat, lots of lemon peel, on its way to maturity. Fruit seems a bit muted.
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5/3/2014 - Tenuta Stefan Likes this wine: 92 Points
Perfect bottle. Served blind.
Nice bouquet, a hint of marzipan on the nose. You can even smell the mineral. Yellow fruit.
A quite fat Chablis 1:er Cru.
Lime, lemon, slate, nice acidity.
Well done.
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12/23/2013 - d'Artagnan wrote: 89 Points
Lunch C.A. de la Paulée: Lunch chez Vincent
Un nez passablement réduit à l'ouverture, plus citronné ensuite, il est resté un peu mat.
Une bouche droite, avec une belle pureté, mais manque un peu de profondeur à mon goût. 89 pts
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10/25/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Celebrated Chablis of François Raveneau (MK Restaurant - Chicago IL): Tasting. Fascinating juxtaposition of ripe, almost tropical fruit with lots of energy and tension that combine for an auster edge. This needs a decade in the cellar.
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10/25/2013 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
HDH Raveneau Tasting (MK Restaurant - Chicago, IL): An amazing wine, albeit young. Like a basketball phenom you see in high school and can see greatness, this wine was like that. Some of the characteristics weren't perfectly balanced at this point (picked up a lot of sulphur on the nose), but the raw material was spectacular. I think the purity and freshness of the fruit really struck me as otherworldly - the 2007 Raveneau's are epic.
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9/2/2013 - ob2 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blast of sulphur initially which blew off to reveal beautiful seashells minerality with whiff of honey which grew stronger over time. On palate brisk acidity balanced by that same honeyed sweetness which gave an overall impression of roundness, unusual for a Chablis. Superb example and many years of life ahead.
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8/31/2013 - godx wrote: 92 Points
Casual dinner at Home: Tighter at first (I should know better than to pop and pour a bottle of Raveneau) and showing very much light a Carillon Puligny. After being opened for a few hours this sprung to life with classic Chablis notes and lemon cream. Vibrant and loads of tension with great cut and precision. This should be great to follow over a decade or more. Excellent. 92+
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8/12/2013 - rm wines wrote: flawed
Corked... ugh
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6/22/2013 - JM_MadTown Likes this wine: 94 Points
The nose is a little reticent, but I did get some mineral notes before I tasted. Then, wow: Minerals, seashell, lime, lemon, slate, and a finish that goes on and on. It paired well with some grilled fish and baked asparagus with butter.
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3/11/2013 - Barry Rothof wrote: 91 Points
RAVENEAU Tasting @ Restaurant De Eendracht (Rotterdam , Netherlands): The medium-minus intense straw core is devoid from colour at the rim. The medium intense and typical minerally dominated nose has added a layer of sweeter citrus fruits to the earlier notes of saline minerality, lemon and white flowers. Also, the blue-ish clay this part of Montmains is known for seems to now express itself more precisely. Seemingly no more than medium bodied thanks to the pronounced zippy acidity of the vintage, the lean impression continues on the mid-palate with medium-plus intense flavours of totally saline –even prickly, if that makes sense– oyster shell, while the lemon sherbet-like fruit is still somewhat shy. The understated 30-35 second finish induces severe squinting among the bulk of present tasters, despite great integration of materials and a lushly textured deliverance. Being the sucker that I am for nervously styled wines however, I will award 91 points with upside potential, but I will nonetheless endeavour to leave the rest of my stash until 2017......TN Mike de Lange
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10/19/2012 - tooch wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at Palena (Palena - Washington, DC): You know how kids run around the beach with open jars trying to capture the smell of the beach/ocean so they can take a whiff when they get home? This bottle of Raveneau is the adult version of that. THIS is what chardonnay is all about.
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9/26/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Drinking supremely well right now. Loaded with lemons and possesses a light creaminess that adds richness and protects the gums from the sharp Chablis citrus and geology. It is layered, textured full and long.
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8/27/2012 - sooper65 wrote: 92 Points
very pure, rich, yet light in the mouth - the truest expression of Chardonnay.
This is VERY ready - am not a subscriber to Rav Chablis needing 10 years to show at their best.
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8/9/2012 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
Quite bracing but not ready to share much, still quite bracing stuff. With Bream at Les 110 de Taillevent.
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8/8/2012 - mwanasheria wrote: 92 Points
I liked the 06 that I had a few nights previously slightly better. The 07 is more acidic with grapefruit, lime, orange zest. Still nicely balanced with good minerality and some tropical fruit. May need more time to unfold.
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1/17/2012 - markjanes wrote:
"dry, backward, serious, and rather stern..." drwine2001's description of the style of this wine is spot on... I found this wine to be very cru-like (firm, minerally, not particularly friendly or overt, but with density)... for me over the two days I tasted it was aything but singing aromatically and was always texturally very firm and hard though it still has that fantastic cru-ness... this needs quite a bit of time to come around so leave it alone for another 3-5 for sure and then don't expect it to fatten up a ton... has the potential to be "outstanding" in time within the firmish style that will always be there I suspect.
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4/9/2011 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Burghound in Asia Grand Tasting (St. Regis Hotel, Singapore): My this was good! A classic Chablis in every sense of the word. Salty, savoury, seashell and flint scents danced alongside white fruit scents in an entrancing nose. In the mouth, the wine showed serious palate-staining intensity wed to precise definition and great 2007 freshness and focus. There was the white fruit picked up on the nose, some creaminess and sweet lemons as the wine pulled away in a powerful and super long finish. Brilliant stuff.
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4/9/2011 - Dbrane wrote:
Burghound in Asia Grand Tasting (St. Regis, Singapore): Laser-like precision coupled with palate-staining intensity of fruit yet the salinity is quintessentially Chablis. Very very concentrated in the context of the vintage and needless to say length was amazing as well. A wow wine.
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3/31/2011 - RobinHeimdahl wrote: 93 Points
Fantastic wine with nice mineral and stunning acid. So clean and well made. Somewhat young but drinking beautifully now.
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6/3/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:
Raveneau's 2007 Premier Crus and Valmur (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Minty, green aromatics with other spices showing up later. Medium weight, not that much different from the Vaillons, but this has an incredible sense of dry extract which gives the wine a completely different feel in the mouth. The fruit has more of a crabapple quality than citrus. Overall, the impression is that this is dry, backward, serious, and rather stern compared to the rest of the range. Bitterness, great dirt on the back end, and the finish shows impressive reserves of well concealed acidity. Today, I preferred this to the Montee de Tonnerre and thought that it even gave the Valmur a run for its money. Great Premier Cru.
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4/3/2010 - sehill Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine was decanted and poured. The aromatics begin with chalk, oyster shell, slate and lemon. Initially the lemon notes dominate; however, with airing the other notes come forward and provide balance to the citrus notes. During the course of consumption the bouquet develops and evolves providing a nuanced and harmonious balance between the different aromatic descriptors. The color is light, youthful yellow. It is correct for the wines age. The medium bodied palate shows outstanding balance and a medium to long finish with zippy acidity with slate and chalk notes present. This drinks well now and bottle age will provide additional complexity and nuance.
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