Not sure why Raveneau’s Foret bottling gets so much hate - this was classically mineral with a nice roundness and energy to it, skim butterscotch - lengthy, polished, an absolute delight and in its peak window.
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I agree with Lucastijn's review below. This bottle did not show as well as any other Raveneau i've had to date. The wine is medium/full bodied with stone fruits, lemon meringue, and an oily texture on the palate, but it lacked the typical tension, acidity and length. Unfortunately for the Raveneau, it was drank at the same time as a Dauvissat Foret 2014 which was firing on all cylinders and was the clear winner. All that being said, the Raveneau Foret 2015 remains a great wine, but it did not impress at this particular moment.
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The 2015 Forêt is the weakest bottle of Raveneau I've had to date. This lacked much of the usual textural qualities that make Raveneau so special to me. Still a great wine, but not at the level I've come to expect from Raveneau. Lime peel, green apple, baked lemon, unripe papaya, vanilla powder and butter steamed leeks on the nose. The palate is a touch bitter, long and dense, very well balanced with plenty of acidity, but without the usual aquatic/oyster-like aromas that I typically find in Raveneau wines. Nice, worth revisiting in 10 years time.
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Simon's Dauvissat dinner (Lorne): Deeper in colour than its flight-mate. Very full, exotic nose, quite broad and mealy, with sansho leaf and IPA-like hops, plus a sassafras note that provided an obvious link with the 02 Les Clos drunk recently. Strutted its stuff boldly on the palate, but zippy enough, with good length and a bitterness on the finish. Excellent wine, though I'm unsure why people pay *so* much more for these than other Chablis producers' wines. Joint group #3 tonight.
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Decanted. A core of citrus, layers upon layers, minerals, precision, vibrant acidity - very far fro maturity, very young and has yet to be released as a real Raveneau with all you bees wax and what not. #Villaret#AprilInParis 94++
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a great wine. a soft lemon nose. A nice long acid base that is pleasant and welcoming. Flavors of lemon, minerals with a nice finish of an subtle and unusual but enjoyable bitterness. A long finish. None of the wood, weight or sweetness of other styles of chardonnay . Excellent.
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From last glass of bottle. Very similar nose to a Mersault I had recently: white-smokey oak, apple, smokey citrus - a good-size, filling nose. Acid a bit fierce on the palate. Citrus - almost grapefruit, even - and white rock. Some oak in there too, but the whole still clean, pure. Finish more bitter than sweet. Bouquet getting bigger before final sips, and I suspect if I had spent a day with a whole bottle I may have liked this even more, but at the price of this bottle that won't be happening any time soon.
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5/2/2024 - wxs2102 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Not sure why Raveneau’s Foret bottling gets so much hate - this was classically mineral with a nice roundness and energy to it, skim butterscotch - lengthy, polished, an absolute delight and in its peak window.
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4/9/2024 - MarcPal wrote: 92 Points
I agree with Lucastijn's review below. This bottle did not show as well as any other Raveneau i've had to date. The wine is medium/full bodied with stone fruits, lemon meringue, and an oily texture on the palate, but it lacked the typical tension, acidity and length. Unfortunately for the Raveneau, it was drank at the same time as a Dauvissat Foret 2014 which was firing on all cylinders and was the clear winner. All that being said, the Raveneau Foret 2015 remains a great wine, but it did not impress at this particular moment.
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3/7/2023 - LucasTijn Likes this wine: 88 Points
The 2015 Forêt is the weakest bottle of Raveneau I've had to date. This lacked much of the usual textural qualities that make Raveneau so special to me. Still a great wine, but not at the level I've come to expect from Raveneau. Lime peel, green apple, baked lemon, unripe papaya, vanilla powder and butter steamed leeks on the nose.
The palate is a touch bitter, long and dense, very well balanced with plenty of acidity, but without the usual aquatic/oyster-like aromas that I typically find in Raveneau wines. Nice, worth revisiting in 10 years time.
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11/11/2022 - La Sprezzatura wrote: 91 Points
no wood on the nose, typical and raw chardonnay, rather stone fruits such as peach and apricot.
much pressure on the palate, during the whole length (beginning, mid palate and finish), medium+ body, lacking a bit of tension.
lacking a bit of acidity at the end which reduces the drinkflow.
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6/10/2022 - NickA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Simon's Dauvissat dinner (Lorne): Deeper in colour than its flight-mate. Very full, exotic nose, quite broad and mealy, with sansho leaf and IPA-like hops, plus a sassafras note that provided an obvious link with the 02 Les Clos drunk recently. Strutted its stuff boldly on the palate, but zippy enough, with good length and a bitterness on the finish. Excellent wine, though I'm unsure why people pay *so* much more for these than other Chablis producers' wines. Joint group #3 tonight.
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4/27/2022 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
Decanted. A core of citrus, layers upon layers, minerals, precision, vibrant acidity - very far fro maturity, very young and has yet to be released as a real Raveneau with all you bees wax and what not.
#Villaret#AprilInParis
94++
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2/1/2019 - davidb18 Likes this wine: 93 Points
a great wine. a soft lemon nose. A nice long acid base that is pleasant and welcoming. Flavors of lemon, minerals with a nice finish of an subtle and unusual but enjoyable bitterness. A long finish. None of the wood, weight or sweetness of other styles of chardonnay . Excellent.
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1/22/2019 - Necowine wrote: 89 Points
From last glass of bottle. Very similar nose to a Mersault I had recently: white-smokey oak, apple, smokey citrus - a good-size, filling nose. Acid a bit fierce on the palate. Citrus - almost grapefruit, even - and white rock. Some oak in there too, but the whole still clean, pure. Finish more bitter than sweet. Bouquet getting bigger before final sips, and I suspect if I had spent a day with a whole bottle I may have liked this even more, but at the price of this bottle that won't be happening any time soon.
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