July 22, 2023 - Initially, presented well with a nice mid-palate and a clipped, almost non-existent finish. Over the course of a four hour dinner it improved materially and really developed positively. Not a profound wine but very enjoyable.
December 28, 2018 - Very pretty preserved lemon fruit flavors with a tactile sandy texture. The bottle age has put the focus on the ripe, fleshy side of the fruit as opposed to the screaming citric acid of young Chablis. Yet it still tastes young, objectively speaking, it's just that young Raveneau is never this expressive or open-knit.
May 1, 2018 - Popcorn, oak shavings, burnt lemon rind. Burnt orange. Waxy, oily texture, mellow acidity, drinking very well, at or near peak. Left wondering if it would've been better a few years ago.
April 1, 2018 - Perfect level and cork.
Deep lemon yellow colour.
Ripe tropical fruit nose, lemon curd.
Broad open flavours, lemon curd, honeysuckle, lightly chalky. Not overly spicy or mineral. Good acidity to close, crisp finish.
March 3, 2018 - Paulee. Lemon curd, huge flavors.
March 3, 2018 - La Paulée de San Francisco - Gala Dinner (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Small glass, brief note. Rich apple and baked apple aromas. Similar flavors, just slightly more restrained, particularly on the mineral-flecked, concentrated finish. Drinking so well now.
March 3, 2018 - La Paulée de SF Gala Dinner (Fairmont Hotel, SF CA): Pretty classic Raveneau here with dense, chewy, smokey orchard fruit. Concentrated with plenty of taut acids providing lift and minerality. Terrific.
February 23, 2018 - A lost Friday afternoon gathering – Raveneau and Chave Vertical (Blacksalt, Washington DC): Served blind, very different showing than the last bottle from 2016. The ripest and the most mature of the flight. Fully mature nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, peach, apricot, crème brulee, honey, sweet spices, lanolin and a hint of mineral. I also get a hint of botrytis. Fully integrated palate, nicely layered ripe yellow fruit, bright acidity and a medium to long ripe yellow fruit driven finish. It is surprisingly ripe and round, more like a fat Meursault. It reminds me the 83 white burgundies at the similar stage of development. Perhaps not a typical Raveneau but still enjoyable.
July 7, 2017 - 67 PM. Reduction and stone fruit, then floral. Pretty broad across palate, touch of honey.
June 2, 2017 - Served blind alongside the Boillot, this started with toasted-oak on the nose, but very soon developed scents of honey & lemons. Very mineral on the palate, with a tinge of oily texture and buttressed with excellent acidity/freshness. Very enjoyable!