Community Tasting Notes 3

• kakpoo Likes this wine:

  August 6, 2023 - 2018 Dauvissat Family Chablis Tasting (Seattle): Aromas of green apple, lime, lemon, celery and sage. On the palate this wine has more of a dried lemon, lemon candy flavor making it seem a little more "aged" then Tribut's Cote de Lechet.

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• Ericsson Likes this wine: 91 points

  July 22, 2023 - Ouvert et bu sur 2 jours, plus épanoui le second.
  Robe jaune citron, nez sur la pomme rouge, les noisettes et les amandes, la bouche est riche, un brin exotique, mais jamais lourde, l’équilibre est préservé par l’acidité et les amers de la finale.
  91-92+ s’il continue à bien se développer.

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• forceberry wrote: 91 points

  February 23, 2022 - 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Somewhat concentrated, medium-deep yellow-green color. Clean but also quite obviously ripe and concentrated nose with pretty sunny aromas of juicy Fuji apple and lemon marmalade, some woolly tones, a little bit of stony dust, light juicy notes of white peach, light floral nuances of blossoming cow parsley and a hint of fresh nectarine. The wine is dry and precise but also quite noticeably ripe on the palate with a relatively broad and concentrated overall feel for a Chablis. There are bright flavors of tart green apple and somewhat mealy red apple, a little bit of ripe nectarine, light floral notes of apple blossom, a mineral hint of stone dust and a touch of tangy salinity. The bright, high acidity keeps the wine wonderfully bright, fresh and almost electric despite its noticeable ripeness. The finish is ripe and juicy yet wonderfully dry and crisp with an acid-driven aftertaste of white peach, some steely minerality, a little bit of tart lemony citrus fruit, light woolly notes, a mineral hint of chalk dust and a touch of tangy salinity.
  
  After two quite lean 2019 Tribut Chablis 1er Crus, this 2018 came across as noticeably more ripe in character, showing more body, weight, sweetness of the fruit and slightly more exotic fruit character. However, for a 2018, this is still a wonderfully fresh, precise and acid-driven effort. It certainly shows the solar qualities of the 2018 vintage, but the wine isn't lacking in acidity or minerality in any way. My only fear is that the woolly tones - which were a bit more pronounced here than in the 2019s - will only come even more to the fore as the wine ages. I'm not really a big fan of those woolly notes as they seem to dull the fruit a bit, making the wine come across as less vibrant, lacking a bit in clarity, which is why I hope the wine will continue to improve in a direction where the woolly tones continue to stay in the background. At least the wine otherwise shows good sense of potential for future development, so my hunch is that there is no need to hurry with it - let it wait for a good handful of years more.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Laurent Tribut
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Montmains
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Chablis
• Appellation Chablis 1er Cru

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• Pending Delivery 4 (3%)
• In Cellars 76 (63%)
• Consumed 40 (33%)

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