2010 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons

Community Tasting Notes (51) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  1/19/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Oregon Trip-Day 1 (Here and there, Willamette Valley): Deep yellow. Medium weight. Average acidity, orange peel, and an excellent brothy saline back end. This seemed dull at first but perked up with several hours of air.

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  12/7/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Powerful and wondeful nose. Iodine, kumquat, shells, sweet florals and orange blossoms. With a deep bass minerality with some funkiness &!green stems. Palate is crisp and energetic - tons of lemon, salty minerals. Great balance - really pinpoint. Waves and waves of yellow and mineral greatness. Finish is long and lemon and minerals. Very potent. Nose - 5.5-6/6, Palate - 5.5/6, Finish - 5.5/6, Finish - 1.5/2 = 18-18.5/20.
  
  Day 6: This seems to be better than the Preuses (as it did on day 1.) It’s at a similar point in development but it’s got more going on in the nose - brighter with more fruit and verve - it’s got lemon and green herbs and a ton of saline minerals, green and red apple. The palate is bright and really salty - with lots of lemon and iodine. Packs a punch and really delicous.

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  7/7/2023 - VincentMorey Likes this wine:

  Pure class with 13 years of age. Though a bit sharp and a touch alcoholic at this stage, with plentiful dried fruit, a touch of mango that you would find in aged Grand Cru, dried lemon, lemon confit, lemon peel, and that signature pith and almond paste blend that provides a smooth texture and mouth feel. The aromatic bitterness can be a touch overwhelming at times, but gets into the background when you have with richer flavored food. Personally I prefer the 2014 Vaillons. The 2010s for Forest and Vaillons for Dauvissat are at a point where they seem too focused and not as expressive. Perhaps it is a matter of personal taste. Hate to say this but I think I preferred the Jean Paul Benoit Droin Vaillons 2010 tasted last year to this.

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  5/26/2023 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points

  Old Guys lunch on Tilia's lovely patio. In attendance CV/DM/JV/TS/SS/LI/KB. Great weather, great food & lots of laughs. Siggy's btl. Oddly, a 2010 Forest in the same flight was pre-moxed while this one rocked! This is at its peak and so enjoyable that I'd be reluctant to risk keeping it longer. Dauvissat's Vaillons is less heralded than the Forest but always surprises me to the upside whenever I drink one. This showed stunning minerality, salinity & fruit all wrapped in a sense of regal elegance. Dauvissat at it best with that unique Dauvissat bliss & placidity found only in successfully aged btls. I lapped this up. My clear white of the lunch and a wine that gave Lonny's Chambolle a run for its money. A real treat. Too bad it's companion '10 Forest was pre-moxed! Thanks Siggy!

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  5/26/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points

  Old Guys Lunch: Hittin' the Patio Again (Tilia, Mpls): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. This really has a piercing nose, fukk of tart citrus and lemon zest, bold crustacean minerality. The palate carries through that tension and verve, more ocean and minerals, tons of dry extract, lemon and lime with a dash of kiwi, saline, powerful and long.

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