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• acyso wrote: 93 points

  November 28, 2018 - A few at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): Wax top (I'm going to start noting this down to see if there is any actual difference). A very convincing bottle of Dauvissat with awesome chalkiness through out. Plenty of fruit to counterbalance it as well -- there's some tartness that just works so well with the slightly waxy and broad texture in this wine. I get a sense of thickness in this wine, and it's just super convincing for me tonight.

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• cfrances33 commented:

  11/28/18, 9:19 PM - It’s not always definitive, though for the most part, wax tops are not the Vineyard Brands import bottles (have never seen one with wax). I’m not sure if this is still the case, but in the 00’s, Dauvissat would bottle the US imports a few months earlier than the French bottlings. Fwiw, I’ve always found the wax tops to be a bit more complete in terms of minerality, body, and fruit. With that said, not all European bottlings I’ve encountered have been waxed, so the distinction isn’t as cut and dry as I’d like.

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