Light yellow with remaining green tinge. Enticing white flowers and citrus aromas. Medium weight with a little glycerine. Excellent breadth of flavors including lemon confit, iodine, and soil. This is old enough to have shed the signature Raveneau hazelnut and beeswax to reveal more of its Chablis core. Surprisingly though, the acidity fell a bit short, depriving it of some intensity and tension. Excellent wine nonetheless and very fresh, just not worth its current resale price.
More vanillin and astringency the second night. Definitely not better.
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Opened at 4pm and drunk at 9pm. Along with 02, 04 and the majestic 2010, 08 is one of my absolute favorite vintages from Raveneau and it’s absolutely rocking tonight showing superb weight, density and waxy yellow fruit that’s layered with stony minerality and piercing lemony acids. 08 Raveneau is all about that Chablisian balance: proper levels of richness and acid, ripeness and minerality. Code yellow ftw 🙌🏻
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Good showing. Open a few hrs before we drank and with that amount of air feels fully resolved and ready. Touch of exotic on the nose I haven’t gotten before
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Another incredibly youthful '08 from Raveneau. A fresh nose of mint, oyster shell, preserved lemon and white peach. Great volume and fruit intensity in the mouth. Unctuous and full, layered and long. The finish crackles with electricity.
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The Return to the Ledbury (The Ledbury, London): A magnificent wine and once again much like the premier crus from 2011s of Raveneau ( Papies 94-96) its such a joy a comes back to asking why we bother taking the premox risk of 10yr+ white burgs when these are so superb. An even worse question is why did we sell our bottles back in 2016.. Bright and albeit evolved still very much a wine full of energy, soft saline feel, fattier in a way for a Chablis but in now way rich. Mineral, less of the flinty edge, limes and in a way savory. Easy 95 and what a beauty.
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Along with 02, 04 and 10, 08 is one of my absolute favorite vintages from Raveneau. Tonight it is excellent and still markedly youthful. A multi hour decant brings out its superb weight, density, waxy yellow fruit and stony minerality with piercing lemony acids and saline driven finish. 2008 for me, is all about that Chablisian balance: proper levels of richness and acid, ripeness and minerality. Code yellow 🥳
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In line with a glass a couple of weeks’ ago. Mellow and smooth, white burgundy rather than Chablis per se. Harmonious and very smooth, just lacks cut and length. Bare ****
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I have long loved this vintage and wine from Raveneau and it appears it's almost stood still in its evolution. Terrific minerlity, classic oystershells, with great fruit intensity - a decant and a Zalto Burgundy glass couldn't make this budge. It should be a 40 year wine easily. Very very good!
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Pale to mid straw. Relatively gentle and harmonious, some mineral, but as I often find with Raveneau, more a serious dry wine than obviously Chablis. ****
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Still remarkably light greenish yellow. Can you say chlorophyll? All oyster shell, iodine, green herbs, and sulfur. This smells and tastes like something that came from the primordial broth rather than a product that started as grapes. The lemony fruit is almost an afterthought that is thrown in to provide some flesh and balance. Long, saline, crisp, textured, and unexpectedly powerful, it just sneaks up and attacks every crevice of your mouth. Phenomenally youthful and exciting. A wine like this could only originate in Chablis.
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So good. Just kept building with incredible weight and intensity. 4 hour decant is the key. Enjoyed along side MDT 2004 and 2008 and Dauvissat Clos 2004.
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A tiny bit more advanced than the last. Still lovely showing yet again. Great mouthfeel immediatly, grippy, chalky but than also slightly fat red apples. Poised and elegant, a peacock tail of white pear and apricot on the palate. I really like this wine and feel it is in a beautiful spot.
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Had with Sushi. N lemon zest, sea water, seaweed P saltwater, little honey, lemon peel, lots of minerals and a hint of cream F long in length and mouthfeel and acidity was still going on even with age. Overall a fantastic bottle of vino.
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Mead, wet cobblestones, lemon curd, white pressed flowers, brown butter, mustard seed. Loooooong. Beautifully integrated acidity. Don't get to drink these every day.
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Entering its early drinking window. Citrus, yellow fruit and stine fruit. The chablis minerality has toned down which makes it very Meursault like. For a Raveneau, I thought it is a 09.
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This began with lots of subtlety and was balanced and delicious from the get go. With time, the salinity on the finish increased and the style of Raveneau's Butteaux was on full display with just a hint of fennel and some waxiness true to form. No aspect of this wine was particularly poignant; instead, this was just a really well-rounded and tasty bottle. Drinking super well right now. XXX+
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Came out late at night but showed its remarkable qualities when served at ~12 degrees immediately. In a lovely twilight of being fresh and young and showing some bottle age. Second time with this wine and consistent showing. A superb Chablis 1er Cru and Raveneau just does the trick all the time, simple as that.
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At first it seemed unformed but with air and grilled sea scallops, this really started to fire and is a fantastic vintage for the Butteaux. A beautiful silky, saline texture with gorgeous flavors of lime fruit and oyster minerals. The finish is so tangy and complex with great salty minerals and lingering limestone and sea shells. This will continue to develop but its awesome right now with air and its one of the best Butteaux I’ve ever encountered. 94+
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A complex if still somewhat youthful nose, showing lemon, mint, seabreeze, and a hint of honey. Impressive concentration from the older vines — Raveneau's Butteaux holdings are 1.5 hectares averaging 45 years of age — with killer midpalate density to the full-scale flavors of honey and stone. Excellent.
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Lovely nose that I actually found to be rounder, richer, and more orchard fruit driven than the saline minerality often associated with Chablis. Quite a lot of honey here, flickers of saffron spice, and an almost wheatiness to the big nose. Definitely mineral, but this seemed to be in a place where it was shedding that screechy saline youth and putting on some more Meurasult-like weight that Raveneau is able to achieve. Palate is terrific and delivers big rich flavour. Peachy. Haven't had a proper bottle of Chablis in ages and this was very strong.
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Elegant, expressive nose of sea moss, iodine, and lemon curd. Rich, fully mature. The acid is starting to take a back seat, this is much less racey and energetic than my last bottle, and while this is less balanced structurally the 2008 Butteaux has gained complexity and elegance. A knockout tonight.
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Cameron Wine Dinner with John Paul (Estadio - DC): This was killer. Nougat, seashell, lemon zest, some ginger and seaweed notes. Glorious palate with zesty acidity and a lot of depth and plush feel. Crisp, mineral-encrusted, salty, oceanic, but it's evolved quite a bit, showing some almond, dried honey and hay notes. Well-balanced, complex, still showing youth but also timely signs of age - in a nice spot.
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Very pale golden hue, on the nose cold stone, honeysuckle and lemon peel, on the palate lovely mineral granny smith and lemon curd that make you salivate, carries long and you reach for the next sip. Very precise wine. Lovely. Drink now - 2030.
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A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Raveneau and Chave Vertical (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Served blind, clearly the most expressive and youthful of the flight. Incredibly energetic nose displaying lemon curd, lemon oil, honey, crushed rock and rose mix, perfume, saline, spicy spices and chalk. Very precise energetic palate, beautifully layered cool citrus fruit, very polished and fluid, bright acidity, incredibly mineral and a long clean energetic finish. A lot more expressive than the last bottle from 2016. I really love the energy, freshness and precision. I can drink this all day and night.
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Incredibly youthful, pouring out a pale colour with a green tinge. The nose has a whiff of lemon, plenty of iodine, some mint and flint. It is direct, layered and intense. Loaded with geological matter and builds through the palate, finishing with superb cut. Still supremely youthful but thoroughly enjoyable.
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Fabulous wine. Has some cheesy Comté smells coupled with spearmint, mineral, white flowers and citrus. It is layered, cool and rocky and has loads of chalky dry extract. It is a wine that builds through the palate and keeps powering on after you swallow it. It has great clarity and cut.
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Love this vintage for Raveneau. Needed just a bit of air to get going but once it did this was great. Drinking really well, though this still tastes young/fresh and I'm sure it'll continue to age well. Drink or hold.
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Drunk at a restaurant, from memory. Not quite the density of a grand cru, but nice structure, beautiful tension, a bit of salinity and of chalky texture. Drinking beautifully.
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A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Burgundy, Piedmont, Riesling, Champ and Sautenres (Blacksalt, Washington DC): This really reminds me the 08 Les Clos drank in 2014 and 2016. Very tightly coiled and perfectly precise nose displaying saline, honey, spicy and limestone. Excellent concentration, dense and oily, bright acidity, strong presence of mineral and incredibly long oily and mineral finish. This seems riper, oilier and tighter than the 07. This is also more concentrated. Excellent showing but should improve with a few more years of cellaring.
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Iodine infused, citrusy nose. Somewhat dilute and thin on the palate, a little watery and simple compared to other 08 Rav's that I have consumed in the past. Not a ton of energy and lift either, although as it warmed it started to show some lifting bitter elements on the finish that added some complexity.
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Yellow. Full of iodine and seashell on the nose. Lean and underripe lemon with a ton of stone and tart citrus, but curiously hollow in the middle. Florality appears later on. I hope this will fill in with time since at the moment, all bones and little flesh.
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A private dinner (Restaurant Bras ***, Laguiole, France): A marvellous vintage for Butteaux, close to Raveneau Grand Cru level. There is wonderful fruit of ripe lemon and the tension with the ripe but crunchy 2008-acidity is exemplary. It is obviously not as tightly wound and mineral as e.g. Montée de Tonnerre or Les Clos, but it has ample energy and it possesses an inherent charm and elegance, characteristic flavour of lemon cream - it develops a delicious hint of salted of butter with oxygen. The house style is impeccably represented, balance and length are very good. Drinking beautifully right now and until 2020.
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Gold. Wildflower honey, candied lemon, and iodine are some of the gorgeous notes that leap from the 2008 Butteaux's glass. On the palate there is wonderful tension between the honeyed richness, the focused minerality, and the crisp acidity. A stunning wine in a perfect place right now.
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Still a tween but delicious all the same. Tight and puckering at the start but after 20+ min in decanter opens to lemon rind, sea shells, hint of melon. Much more open and layered at 1 hour in decanter. Invigorating wine.
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Reunion Dinner in DC (Red Hen - Washington, DC): Fresh, clean, and clear. Even in its youth, the depth to this wine was just outstanding. The aromas were exotic and deep with oceanic tones that mixed nicely with fresh lemon and dill. Great weight to the palate with plenty of acidity and elegance. Loved it.
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Really fresh and youthful. There's a whiff of anise and plenty of citrus to the aroma. The palate is textural with plenty of lemon pulp. It finishes with a salty mineral lick.
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Drank along side the MDT from the same vintage. The color is a deeper gold than the MDT. This wine presents almond oil and ripe yellow fruits on the nose and pallet. The wine has expansive pallet presence and impressive length and depth of flavors.
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Opened and poured alongside the 2008 MdT. Whereas the Tonnerre is all about lightness and a delicate touch, this comes across rather powerful (surprisingly, in contrast to the bottle I had a few months ago) with a sappy, almost oily quality to the texture. The flavours seem more creamy as well, with a noticeable lemon cream element framing the fresh citrus fruit and mineral flavours, but the balance is again stunning with bright acids and great purity to the flavours. Fantastic wine.
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There's a touch of preserved lemon then she's all mineral/iodine things. Classic Chablis in every sense where the gums are sheathed by the wine's glycerol yet you feel every rocky bump in the mouth. Great length.
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Yet another winner from Raveneau. This one isn't about power, it's leaner than I usually expect from Raveneau with a powerful acid spine, and an aroma that suggests it came from a rock quarry rather than grapes. The fruit's rather understated but there's the usual sense of purity and finesse I always find from Raveneau and tremendous balance and length.
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Another beauty. Lemon cream nose with all the classic Chablis notes (sea breeze, citrus, minerality) with loads of acidic backbone and a linear and focused profile. Took a bit to open up, and although it never fully did, this was real fun to try. With proper aeration this can be thoroughly enjoyed now...or wait 5-10 years. Excellent. 92+
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Nez : craie, fleurs blanches, aubépine. Bouche citronnée, pierre à fusil, léger boisé, élégant, vif, légères notes fumées en finale. 91/100 - Servi pour un carpaccio de thon et daurade avec pêches blanches - très bel accord sur les notes citronnées avec le citron vert de l'assaisonnement.
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Winemaker's dinner: Raveneau & Mugnier (Onda Mezzanine, Oslo): Noe lukket i starten, men åpner seg noe med luft. Mild nese med mineraler, sitrus og lakris. Klar og presis frukt med flott konsentrasjon og spiss og sitrende syre. Nydelig mineralitet i avslutningen. Sitter meget lenge i. Flott Chablis! Kan til nød nytes nå, men bør lagres.
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A goldish dress- very creamy and intense on the nose. Quite short though. The mouth was complet yet short with notes of acacia honey. Very round and zesty, it was so enjoyable. A pleasure!! More preciseness would put this very high. It's an appetizer to what could be a great wine. 93
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A nice chablis but maybe not a great Raveneau, quite upfront with loads of citrus fruit and crushed rock. At this point not sharp enough for me for a 08 Raveneau, nice minerals finish but a bit faint.
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DC Crew's Gem Tasting - 3rd Annual (Palena - Washington, DC): I know we were killing these 2008 Chablis far too soon, but they were both just so delicious. The 2008 Butteaux showed explosive aromas of green melon, lemon peel, sea shell and just a hint of seaweed. The hint of seaweed on the nose brought this wine a level just above the 2008 Montée de Tonnerre, at least for me. The aromas in this wine need many years to define themselves, but they can still sing now, even at this young age. The palate starts off with a plump, butterscotch flavor, with some green apple. Then the acid streaks in, along with racy minerals. A sea shell flavor combines with yellow apple and popcorn butter. The finish is laced with acid and minerals, but also some nutty, buttery flavors. It has the minerality and oceanic elements of the best Chablis with some of the richness of Cote de Beaune chardonnay. The complexity packed in this wine will take a decade+ to unwind, when it will emerge an even more glorious Chablis. Thanks, Tom.
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Wanted to test a bottle young. Great minerality and acidity. Can tell immediately this is great wine from a great vintage. I'm very excited to see how this wine grows over the next 10+ years.
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At 11AM this wine was almost colourless, with a medium-minus intense hi-toned nose showing citrus notes and a quinine mineral touch. Flavour-wise it was medium-minus bodied, or so the pronounced acidity made it seem. Other wise it was utterly reticent, making it seem rather simple.At the tasting, the colour turns out to be pale lemon-green with a watery rim. The nose hasn’t improved much in intensity, but has gained some precision and now displays mildly exotic ground almonds over a backdrop of grapefruit, enhanced by some white flowers and candied lime-peel. The body has put on some fat and is now medium, while positively austere acidity can’t disguise some largely buried richness which might just be oak-derived. An edge of fatty mineral clay balances out the acidity somewhat, but that still leaves the medium-plus intense fruit flavours in the yellow grapefruit end of the spectrum. The finish kicks it up another notch, as it adds another level of intensity and easily persists until 30-35 seconds after swallowing. Did I mention that I only spat the Monts Mains? This wine was (re)presented somewhat unfairly, as it was the only 2008 which didn’t see the carafe. However, a last taste after cleaning up had gained both in intensity and relative weight, so the 90 points I can give for what I actually took notes on will most likely prove too conservative. I suspect at least 2 –maybe 4- points potential, but please leave this until 2018 unless you have a serious stash...TN Mike de Lange (Raveneau Tasting).
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2/23/2024 - jamesabdavis wrote:
Waxy floral honeysuckle lime - key lime pie!
Rich textured, oyster shell lime-infused acidity
Mid-weight
Absolutely gorgeous
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11/8/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light yellow with remaining green tinge. Enticing white flowers and citrus aromas. Medium weight with a little glycerine. Excellent breadth of flavors including lemon confit, iodine, and soil. This is old enough to have shed the signature Raveneau hazelnut and beeswax to reveal more of its Chablis core. Surprisingly though, the acidity fell a bit short, depriving it of some intensity and tension. Excellent wine nonetheless and very fresh, just not worth its current resale price.
More vanillin and astringency the second night. Definitely not better.
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7/27/2023 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 96 Points
Opened at 4pm and drunk at 9pm. Along with 02, 04 and the majestic 2010, 08 is one of my absolute favorite vintages from Raveneau and it’s absolutely rocking tonight showing superb weight, density and waxy yellow fruit that’s layered with stony minerality and piercing lemony acids. 08 Raveneau is all about that Chablisian balance: proper levels of richness and acid, ripeness and minerality. Code yellow ftw 🙌🏻
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6/17/2023 - LW31 Likes this wine:
Good showing. Open a few hrs before we drank and with that amount of air feels fully resolved and ready. Touch of exotic on the nose I haven’t gotten before
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5/19/2023 - Leosomm46 wrote: 81 Points
Tired, not very good acidity, wrongly stored?
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4/2/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Another incredibly youthful '08 from Raveneau. A fresh nose of mint, oyster shell, preserved lemon and white peach. Great volume and fruit intensity in the mouth. Unctuous and full, layered and long. The finish crackles with electricity.
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1/22/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 95 Points
blind
Very convincing, well integrated oak, still refreshing acidity, close to his peak. yuzu, almonds, balanced. 95
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11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:
Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): A little reduction, and then wave after wave of classic Chablis minerality with Raveneau richness and slight oak. I can’t imagine this getting much better.
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9/22/2022 - Papies wrote: 95 Points
The Return to the Ledbury (The Ledbury, London): A magnificent wine and once again much like the premier crus from 2011s of Raveneau ( Papies 94-96) its such a joy a comes back to asking why we bother taking the premox risk of 10yr+ white burgs when these are so superb. An even worse question is why did we sell our bottles back in 2016..
Bright and albeit evolved still very much a wine full of energy, soft saline feel, fattier in a way for a Chablis but in now way rich. Mineral, less of the flinty edge, limes and in a way savory. Easy 95 and what a beauty.
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8/26/2022 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 95 Points
Along with 02, 04 and 10, 08 is one of my absolute favorite vintages from Raveneau. Tonight it is excellent and still markedly youthful. A multi hour decant brings out its superb weight, density, waxy yellow fruit and stony minerality with piercing lemony acids and saline driven finish. 2008 for me, is all about that Chablisian balance: proper levels of richness and acid, ripeness and minerality. Code yellow 🥳
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4/16/2022 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
In line with a glass a couple of weeks’ ago. Mellow and smooth, white burgundy rather than Chablis per se. Harmonious and very smooth, just lacks cut and length. Bare ****
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4/1/2022 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
I have long loved this vintage and wine from Raveneau and it appears it's almost stood still in its evolution. Terrific minerlity, classic oystershells, with great fruit intensity - a decant and a Zalto Burgundy glass couldn't make this budge. It should be a 40 year wine easily. Very very good!
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3/20/2022 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Pale to mid straw. Relatively gentle and harmonious, some mineral, but as I often find with Raveneau, more a serious dry wine than obviously Chablis. ****
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2/15/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:
Still remarkably light greenish yellow. Can you say chlorophyll? All oyster shell, iodine, green herbs, and sulfur. This smells and tastes like something that came from the primordial broth rather than a product that started as grapes. The lemony fruit is almost an afterthought that is thrown in to provide some flesh and balance. Long, saline, crisp, textured, and unexpectedly powerful, it just sneaks up and attacks every crevice of your mouth. Phenomenally youthful and exciting. A wine like this could only originate in Chablis.
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11/30/2020 - tinybubbles wrote:
Rather flat.
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10/6/2020 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 95 Points
So good. Just kept building with incredible weight and intensity. 4 hour decant is the key. Enjoyed along side MDT 2004 and 2008 and Dauvissat Clos 2004.
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9/23/2020 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 93 Points
A tiny bit more advanced than the last. Still lovely showing yet again. Great mouthfeel immediatly, grippy, chalky but than also slightly fat red apples. Poised and elegant, a peacock tail of white pear and apricot on the palate. I really like this wine and feel it is in a beautiful spot.
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9/17/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Crisp bottle, with fresh fruit, good definition, and appealing saline notes.
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6/20/2020 - manonthemoon wrote: 94 Points
Had with Sushi.
N lemon zest, sea water, seaweed
P saltwater, little honey, lemon peel, lots of minerals and a hint of cream
F long in length and mouthfeel and acidity was still going on even with age.
Overall a fantastic bottle of vino.
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6/13/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consistent with previous note. Needs time.
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6/5/2020 - Pottsy Likes this wine: 95 Points
Woodland honey, great acid, damp cellar.
First Raveneau ever and I understand the hype. This bottle was amazing. Glad I shared it with someone I love.
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6/5/2020 - seagullwine Likes this wine: 96 Points
Mead, wet cobblestones, lemon curd, white pressed flowers, brown butter, mustard seed. Loooooong. Beautifully integrated acidity. Don't get to drink these every day.
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5/25/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 91 Points
Entering its early drinking window. Citrus, yellow fruit and stine fruit. The chablis minerality has toned down which makes it very Meursault like. For a Raveneau, I thought it is a 09.
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3/8/2020 - Astrophel wrote:
This began with lots of subtlety and was balanced and delicious from the get go. With time, the salinity on the finish increased and the style of Raveneau's Butteaux was on full display with just a hint of fennel and some waxiness true to form. No aspect of this wine was particularly poignant; instead, this was just a really well-rounded and tasty bottle. Drinking super well right now. XXX+
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2/18/2020 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Came out late at night but showed its remarkable qualities when served at ~12 degrees immediately. In a lovely twilight of being fresh and young and showing some bottle age. Second time with this wine and consistent showing. A superb Chablis 1er Cru and Raveneau just does the trick all the time, simple as that.
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6/16/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
At first it seemed unformed but with air and grilled sea scallops, this really started to fire and is a fantastic vintage for the Butteaux. A beautiful silky, saline texture with gorgeous flavors of lime fruit and oyster minerals. The finish is so tangy and complex with great salty minerals and lingering limestone and sea shells. This will continue to develop but its awesome right now with air and its one of the best Butteaux I’ve ever encountered. 94+
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5/24/2019 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
A complex if still somewhat youthful nose, showing lemon, mint, seabreeze, and a hint of honey. Impressive concentration from the older vines — Raveneau's Butteaux holdings are 1.5 hectares averaging 45 years of age — with killer midpalate density to the full-scale flavors of honey and stone. Excellent.
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4/9/2019 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Lovely nose that I actually found to be rounder, richer, and more orchard fruit driven than the saline minerality often associated with Chablis. Quite a lot of honey here, flickers of saffron spice, and an almost wheatiness to the big nose. Definitely mineral, but this seemed to be in a place where it was shedding that screechy saline youth and putting on some more Meurasult-like weight that Raveneau is able to achieve. Palate is terrific and delivers big rich flavour. Peachy. Haven't had a proper bottle of Chablis in ages and this was very strong.
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10/29/2018 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 90 Points
Some seashell and honey. Lots of minerality. Less powerful and deep as I expect. Needs more time. The pair of 08 were a bit shut today.
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10/18/2018 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Pristine bottle. Elegant with a nose of the sea and just a hint of honey. Quite youthful. The 2008 Butteaux is excellent. Drink through 2030.
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7/7/2018 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 94 Points
Weekend in Napa; 7/5/2018-7/8/2018 (Napa, CA): 93-94
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5/29/2018 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Elegant, expressive nose of sea moss, iodine, and lemon curd. Rich, fully mature. The acid is starting to take a back seat, this is much less racey and energetic than my last bottle, and while this is less balanced structurally the 2008 Butteaux has gained complexity and elegance. A knockout tonight.
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5/22/2018 - manonthemoon wrote: 93 Points
Nose seashell, lemon zest, seaweed
P saltwater, little honey, lemon peel, minerals
F long in length, great cut
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5/22/2018 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 95 Points
Cameron Wine Dinner with John Paul (Estadio - DC): This was killer. Nougat, seashell, lemon zest, some ginger and seaweed notes. Glorious palate with zesty acidity and a lot of depth and plush feel. Crisp, mineral-encrusted, salty, oceanic, but it's evolved quite a bit, showing some almond, dried honey and hay notes. Well-balanced, complex, still showing youth but also timely signs of age - in a nice spot.
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2/27/2018 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Very pale golden hue, on the nose cold stone, honeysuckle and lemon peel, on the palate lovely mineral granny smith and lemon curd that make you salivate, carries long and you reach for the next sip. Very precise wine. Lovely. Drink now - 2030.
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2/23/2018 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Raveneau and Chave Vertical (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Served blind, clearly the most expressive and youthful of the flight. Incredibly energetic nose displaying lemon curd, lemon oil, honey, crushed rock and rose mix, perfume, saline, spicy spices and chalk. Very precise energetic palate, beautifully layered cool citrus fruit, very polished and fluid, bright acidity, incredibly mineral and a long clean energetic finish. A lot more expressive than the last bottle from 2016. I really love the energy, freshness and precision. I can drink this all day and night.
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12/18/2017 - robferguson1 wrote: 93 Points
Weds to be not too chilled, has plenty of life and lovely toasty finish which is very very long .
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10/11/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Incredibly youthful, pouring out a pale colour with a green tinge. The nose has a whiff of lemon, plenty of iodine, some mint and flint. It is direct, layered and intense. Loaded with geological matter and builds through the palate, finishing with superb cut. Still supremely youthful but thoroughly enjoyable.
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3/4/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Fabulous wine. Has some cheesy Comté smells coupled with spearmint, mineral, white flowers and citrus. It is layered, cool and rocky and has loads of chalky dry extract. It is a wine that builds through the palate and keeps powering on after you swallow it. It has great clarity and cut.
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2/26/2017 - B Paul wrote: 94 Points
Love this vintage for Raveneau. Needed just a bit of air to get going but once it did this was great. Drinking really well, though this still tastes young/fresh and I'm sure it'll continue to age well. Drink or hold.
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11/5/2016 - gilrbo Likes this wine:
Drunk at a restaurant, from memory.
Not quite the density of a grand cru, but nice structure, beautiful tension, a bit of salinity and of chalky texture. Drinking beautifully.
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9/2/2016 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Burgundy, Piedmont, Riesling, Champ and Sautenres (Blacksalt, Washington DC): This really reminds me the 08 Les Clos drank in 2014 and 2016. Very tightly coiled and perfectly precise nose displaying saline, honey, spicy and limestone. Excellent concentration, dense and oily, bright acidity, strong presence of mineral and incredibly long oily and mineral finish. This seems riper, oilier and tighter than the 07. This is also more concentrated. Excellent showing but should improve with a few more years of cellaring.
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6/17/2016 - llink wrote: 89 Points
Iodine infused, citrusy nose. Somewhat dilute and thin on the palate, a little watery and simple compared to other 08 Rav's that I have consumed in the past. Not a ton of energy and lift either, although as it warmed it started to show some lifting bitter elements on the finish that added some complexity.
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5/16/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Yellow. Full of iodine and seashell on the nose. Lean and underripe lemon with a ton of stone and tart citrus, but curiously hollow in the middle. Florality appears later on. I hope this will fill in with time since at the moment, all bones and little flesh.
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4/28/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points
A private dinner (Restaurant Bras ***, Laguiole, France): A marvellous vintage for Butteaux, close to Raveneau Grand Cru level. There is wonderful fruit of ripe lemon and the tension with the ripe but crunchy 2008-acidity is exemplary. It is obviously not as tightly wound and mineral as e.g. Montée de Tonnerre or Les Clos, but it has ample energy and it possesses an inherent charm and elegance, characteristic flavour of lemon cream - it develops a delicious hint of salted of butter with oxygen. The house style is impeccably represented, balance and length are very good. Drinking beautifully right now and until 2020.
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4/22/2016 - rlove wrote: 92 Points
Gold. Wildflower honey, candied lemon, and iodine are some of the gorgeous notes that leap from the 2008 Butteaux's glass. On the palate there is wonderful tension between the honeyed richness, the focused minerality, and the crisp acidity. A stunning wine in a perfect place right now.
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1/27/2016 - 500174 wrote:
I completely agree with DKHARA963. That wonderful combination of richness and laser precision. Perfect drinking now. 18
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1/13/2016 - derek.hara@sbcglobal.net Likes this wine: 93 Points
Textbook Raveneau 1st cru. Extremely precise and balanced. Stunning!
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7/10/2015 - LW31 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still a tween but delicious all the same. Tight and puckering at the start but after 20+ min in decanter opens to lemon rind, sea shells, hint of melon. Much more open and layered at 1 hour in decanter. Invigorating wine.
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3/21/2015 - Eros Coniglio wrote: 93 Points
Fresh, lemon and stones. Young but a great drink now.
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2/4/2015 - tooch wrote: 95 Points
Reunion Dinner in DC (Red Hen - Washington, DC): Fresh, clean, and clear. Even in its youth, the depth to this wine was just outstanding. The aromas were exotic and deep with oceanic tones that mixed nicely with fresh lemon and dill. Great weight to the palate with plenty of acidity and elegance. Loved it.
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11/22/2014 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Really fresh and youthful. There's a whiff of anise and plenty of citrus to the aroma. The palate is textural with plenty of lemon pulp. It finishes with a salty mineral lick.
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4/14/2014 - Michael Cohen wrote: 91 Points
Drank along side the MDT from the same vintage. The color is a deeper gold than the MDT. This wine presents almond oil and ripe yellow fruits on the nose and pallet. The wine has expansive pallet presence and impressive length and depth of flavors.
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4/14/2014 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Opened and poured alongside the 2008 MdT. Whereas the Tonnerre is all about lightness and a delicate touch, this comes across rather powerful (surprisingly, in contrast to the bottle I had a few months ago) with a sappy, almost oily quality to the texture. The flavours seem more creamy as well, with a noticeable lemon cream element framing the fresh citrus fruit and mineral flavours, but the balance is again stunning with bright acids and great purity to the flavours. Fantastic wine.
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1/11/2014 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
There's a touch of preserved lemon then she's all mineral/iodine things. Classic Chablis in every sense where the gums are sheathed by the wine's glycerol yet you feel every rocky bump in the mouth. Great length.
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10/5/2013 - salil wrote: 94 Points
Yet another winner from Raveneau. This one isn't about power, it's leaner than I usually expect from Raveneau with a powerful acid spine, and an aroma that suggests it came from a rock quarry rather than grapes. The fruit's rather understated but there's the usual sense of purity and finesse I always find from Raveneau and tremendous balance and length.
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7/17/2013 - dansamsoe wrote:
A bit dissapointed. Like a chablis but lacking focus and energy. A bottle 18 months ago was much better.
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7/16/2013 - godx wrote: 92 Points
Another beauty. Lemon cream nose with all the classic Chablis notes (sea breeze, citrus, minerality) with loads of acidic backbone and a linear and focused profile. Took a bit to open up, and although it never fully did, this was real fun to try. With proper aeration this can be thoroughly enjoyed now...or wait 5-10 years. Excellent. 92+
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7/7/2013 - stefad wrote: 91 Points
Nez : craie, fleurs blanches, aubépine. Bouche citronnée, pierre à fusil, léger boisé, élégant, vif, légères notes fumées en finale. 91/100 - Servi pour un carpaccio de thon et daurade avec pêches blanches - très bel accord sur les notes citronnées avec le citron vert de l'assaisonnement.
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2/25/2013 - -E- wrote: 93 Points
Winemaker's dinner: Raveneau & Mugnier (Onda Mezzanine, Oslo): Noe lukket i starten, men åpner seg noe med luft. Mild nese med mineraler, sitrus og lakris. Klar og presis frukt med flott konsentrasjon og spiss og sitrende syre. Nydelig mineralitet i avslutningen. Sitter meget lenge i. Flott Chablis! Kan til nød nytes nå, men bør lagres.
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1/11/2013 - latimer Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very pale, tight, floral, amazingly mineral, tightly wound and way too young. Give it 5+ years...
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8/11/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
A Little R&R--2008 Raveneau and Roulot (Arlequin Wines, San Francisco): Green glint. Floral. Tighter, tarter and more mineral. Lean and salty with a touch of wood at the end. Bracingly acidic finish-now you're talking! Nowhere near ready.
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7/7/2012 - cr84 wrote: 93 Points
A goldish dress- very creamy and intense on the nose. Quite short though.
The mouth was complet yet short with notes of acacia honey. Very round and zesty, it was so enjoyable. A pleasure!!
More preciseness would put this very high. It's an appetizer to what could be a great wine.
93
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3/29/2012 - Pacalet wrote: 91 Points
A nice chablis but maybe not a great Raveneau, quite upfront with loads of citrus fruit and crushed rock. At this point not sharp enough for me for a 08 Raveneau, nice minerals finish but a bit faint.
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2/7/2012 - manonthemoon wrote: 93 Points
Really nice bottle of Chablis, showed much better than the Clos. Much more iodine and herb/seaweed component with tons of sea shells.
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2/7/2012 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 93 Points
DC Crew's Gem Tasting - 3rd Annual (Palena - Washington, DC): I know we were killing these 2008 Chablis far too soon, but they were both just so delicious. The 2008 Butteaux showed explosive aromas of green melon, lemon peel, sea shell and just a hint of seaweed. The hint of seaweed on the nose brought this wine a level just above the 2008 Montée de Tonnerre, at least for me. The aromas in this wine need many years to define themselves, but they can still sing now, even at this young age. The palate starts off with a plump, butterscotch flavor, with some green apple. Then the acid streaks in, along with racy minerals. A sea shell flavor combines with yellow apple and popcorn butter. The finish is laced with acid and minerals, but also some nutty, buttery flavors. It has the minerality and oceanic elements of the best Chablis with some of the richness of Cote de Beaune chardonnay. The complexity packed in this wine will take a decade+ to unwind, when it will emerge an even more glorious Chablis. Thanks, Tom.
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1/12/2012 - yacobove wrote: 93 Points
Wanted to test a bottle young. Great minerality and acidity. Can tell immediately this is great wine from a great vintage. I'm very excited to see how this wine grows over the next 10+ years.
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1/1/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Rich, ripe and textured with layers of peach, lemon and iodine. It has a solid mineral spine and finishes with great precision and cut.
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2/17/2011 - BigRed1000 wrote: 93 Points
Really nice. Light on it's feet but has nice richness and body.
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2/4/2011 - Barry Rothof wrote: 90 Points
At 11AM this wine was almost colourless, with a medium-minus intense hi-toned nose showing citrus notes and a quinine mineral touch. Flavour-wise it was medium-minus bodied, or so the pronounced acidity made it seem. Other wise it was utterly reticent, making it seem rather simple.At the tasting, the colour turns out to be pale lemon-green with a watery rim. The nose hasn’t improved much in intensity, but has gained some precision and now displays mildly exotic ground almonds over a backdrop of grapefruit, enhanced by some white flowers and candied lime-peel. The body has put on some fat and is now medium, while positively austere acidity can’t disguise some largely buried richness which might just be oak-derived. An edge of fatty mineral clay balances out the acidity somewhat, but that still leaves the medium-plus intense fruit flavours in the yellow grapefruit end of the spectrum. The finish kicks it up another notch, as it adds another level of intensity and easily persists until 30-35 seconds after swallowing. Did I mention that I only spat the Monts Mains? This wine was (re)presented somewhat unfairly, as it was the only 2008 which didn’t see the carafe. However, a last taste after cleaning up had gained both in intensity and relative weight, so the 90 points I can give for what I actually took notes on will most likely prove too conservative. I suspect at least 2 –maybe 4- points potential, but please leave this until 2018 unless you have a serious stash...TN Mike de Lange (Raveneau Tasting).
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