2008 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  5/28/2023 - Burgundy Bill wrote: 97 Points

  Drank at La Cagouille in Paris. Given the price these trade for in the States, I honestly did not want this wine to be this good. Tasting notes are almost pointless. Flint, crushed oyster shell, sea breeze, and honey on a nose that changes with every whiff. Acid and honey come first on the palate followed by waves of saline and concentrated citrus fruits. Layers upon layers; this wine just keeps building and building and building on the palate. Peak flavor occurs 30 seconds after you swallow your sip. I didn't know citrus could be so concentrated, so flavorful, and so pleasurable. The finish is savory, so spicy, and in a word, ridiculous… Wine of the trip.

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  3/26/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  In a great place right now. Looks so alive in the glass, with its fresh green tinges. Complex aromatics of mint, aniseed, buttered toast and lemon. It has great volume and is layered with flavour. It is deep and unctuous and builds through the palate, oozing saline minerality on the long finish.

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  7/26/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Yellow. Killer aromatics-the perfect combination of lemon, flowers, and oyster shell/broth. Medium weight, gorgeous glycerine texture. Complex mix of sweet citrus, saline elements, acidity, and stone. We've been lucky to have some fantastic Chablis over the past few days, and this was the best of the bunch, in fact, the best Chablis we've had in a long time. Just brilliant. It had everything and seemingly could carry on strongly for another decade. So much for Vaillons being at the bottom of the Raveneau barrel.
  
  Just as briskly intense, citric, and mineral the next day.

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  3/21/2022 - coteamor wrote: 97 Points

  I don’t often write notes but when it’s this good I like to have words that will go with the memory. From the go the nose is pitch perfect with oysters, mineral and citrus, it tastes so fresh, almost indescribable to break down the flavours, Perhaps that’s why classic Chablis is often described as crushed rock. There is sweetness to the wine in your mouth (like the best lemons from Amalfi) that is tempered by a laser like seam of acidity that together create a seamless wine of ethereal tenderness. The nose starts to give a hint of powder like sherbert and the undertone of a women’s scent as it wears off on the skin. Brilliant. I wonder what this will be like in 10 years?

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  12/18/2021 - Cote d'Or Likes this wine:

  Tasted over 2 hrs
  -translucent pale gold
  -low key elegant mild reduction ripe lemon sea breeze
  -med/med+ acidity, med/med- weight sappy powerful subtle tangy lemon grapefruit
  -classic Raveneau with Chablis typicity elegance power without weight, understated loveliness and not showing the slightest signs of being tired

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