Medium yellow/light-gold color. Aromas have some floral/sweet lemon-lime and a hint of butterscotch. Palate still surprisingly fresh and showing good weight and density for the cru/vintage. Good example of Raveneau's ability to transcend vintage and maintain high quality and longevity. Drink.
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PNP. Drank during a 3 hour dinner at Asa. The wine got better with air. Honeyed lemon, sea brine and spice on the nose. The palate is medium texture with a saline like viscousity, rich, concentrated fruit coupled with beguiling complexity and a core of acid that pops up on the finish.
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Pnp. Gold yellow colour. Matured raveneau performed very well. Typical petrol, mineral, tropical fruits on nose. The petrol aroma is very strong, the nose improved after 2 hours. The palate was excellent from the beginning to the end. 94 palate 93+ nose
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Perfect level and cork. Lemon coloured, lustrous. Citrus zest and waxy fragrance. Bright citrus, lemon and limes, quite tart, plenty of acidity. Vigorous and youthful. Not much development, little curd or cottage cheese, more linear fruit and mineral spice. This will keep a lot longer.
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Blind from the nose I thought about Raveneau but I missed the razorsharp acidity. As I was told the winery the vintage should be 03 or 06. Creamy, a bit popcorn and nuts, lemon zest, nicely balanced. For me at his peak.93-94
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This had a touch of oak/hint of vanilla at first whiff, softer entry (compared to the 1st 1er cru), slightly round, easy and silky on the palate, but then lots of chalky minerality in the back, plenty of dry extract, very elegant, long, lovely. Thought this was a Puligny. Dirty Dozen group at Grand Harbor
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Drank during lunch with oysters from Zeeland. Delicious wine which had been in caraf for some hours before drinking it. Even still it was a baby with a long life ahead of it!
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A private lunch (Restaurant De Librije ***, Zwolle, Netherlands): Medium intense straw yellow, lively green tinge; open and mature nose, good depth, green herbs, citrus and spicy minerals and a buttery note; the palate is juicy and rounded, with ripe but fresh acidity and the tell-tale seamless and silky texture, good flavour intensity, subtle bitters; very good resonance, occasional whiff of straw, very good length.
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This has exotic fruit, very ripe from the first nose with a drop og pear. Rich fruit follows on the palate but chalk and iodine adding some counterweight. One might think Limestone and minerals. This is still extremenly firm and one might think this has a decade more in it.
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Greatest white Burgundy - Wine tasting dinner (Rest. FB (kg arr.)): Every time I taste Butteaux I feel it's the best price/value choice in Raveneau's portfolio. Among others tasted against his top wine "Les Clos" Grand cru also 2006, which I gave a score of 94+. Pretty close score but a lot more expensive
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New Year's Day Pork Shoulder and Grits Supper (San Francisco): Medium yellow. Lovely nose of flowers and orchard fruit. Medium weight, chalky base, fine rendering of Chablis saline quality, and excellent acidity for the year. The additional aging from 2012 through the present has really helped bring this wine into focus. When last tasted in 2014, I never thought it would lose its more tropical character and show as more classic Chablis. I was wrong. This was my last bottle, but I can see it hanging in there for at least another 2 to 3 years.
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Medium yellow. Three phases. First a rich, tropical entry with fat pineapple and ripe citrus fruit. Then, transiently, a leaner, more saline aspect with florality. Finally, somewhat clunky wood rules. I've never had a great experience with this wine. If I were to describe it in an equation of sorts, I would say that it reflects Raveneau > vintage >> Chablis style and character.
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Quite typical Chablis and Raveneau, but has a slight dullness of acidity especially on the finish that I think comes from the vintage, quite fragrant, flint and shell, a hint of brown butter, young but not totally fresh.
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Unique once again in its '06-ness, more a round classically chardonnay vs. the minerally seashell and truffle Raveneau usually is. Still a lot of cinnamon, pear, gunsmoke and white floral notes. A bit softer with some grapefruit and spice.
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Amazing. Tart and structured like a great Chablis with a little wood/hazelnut to round it out. Nose of the sea, lime, nut, cheese, and light tarragon. Sharp and tart palate of seashells, lime/lemon, flint, herbs, hazelnut, unripe pear skin, and sweet tarts. Probably the best pairing with dungeness I've ever had. Did not budge the 4-5 hours opened. Long life ahead. Wish I could afford more Raveneau!!!
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Nice, but lacking the sharp focus I expected. A bit fat, way more white fruit than mineral and seashell. Few producers made classical Chablis in '06, and this is no exception. The '05 Dauvissat Forest that followed was much more typical and impressive, IMO.
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In a great spot at the moment but still needs a little more time to shed the primary baby fat. Good tight focused wine with great acidity and balance. A touch of grip towards the finish rounds out a very stylish palate. Last glass was the best.
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R&Y & B&A @ Medlar (The Medlar, London): Quite a full mid straw with touches of green. Relatively ripe and rounded nose, some chalkiness but more floral and fruity, though not as overt at the 06 Montee de Tonerre seems to be at the moment. Quite full on the palate and a little more restrained than one might have supposed from the nose. Good weight and length and very enjoyable but for me just a shade behind the slightly more mature Fevre 01 Vaudesir alongside it, that wining on Chablis typicity. ****
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Very one-dimensional next to the '02 of this, and similar to previous notes, more a purely chard-juicy character than any of the Raveneau minerality and white truffle. Still nice, just more a juicy ripe chard mouthful, but of course still far more elegant than a huge domestic chard...
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La Mission Haut Brion plus white Burgs and Port: Light gold in color, clear and bright. The nose is big with smoke, minerals and lemons. On the palate, nice red fugi apples. I like the acidity although it seems low for Chablis. Long finish. Going back to it a couple of hours later, it was about the same but at a warmer temp, it seemed slightly flabby.
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Popped and poured. If you try hard you can coax out some minerals, iodine and lemon citrus notes from the nose, but this is still relatively closed. The palate is very taut, and lean showing a good acid bite and edginess. The finish is actually juicy and long lasting. Really classy wine with lots of upside.
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Confrerie Burgundy Trip – Day 1 (Chablis/Beaune): Shiny gold. Delicate first nose of honey, then flowers and peaches. Silky attack. Minerals with fresh acidity on the well integrated and balanced palate. Lime on the clean lingering finish. Complex and pure.
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Raveneau Butteaux Vertical at Vin, Vino Wine, Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto, CA): VVW Butteaux vertical with Iron Chevsky -- Fresh and clean, the most "purely chardonnay" of the lot tonight, with lots of that up front big chard fruit on the nose. Crushed minerals, almost powdery with a touch of lychee. Clean and fresh on the palate with not much of the more exotic Raveneau development (yet). Still lovely, a classy chard. (Update: OMG, I didn’t read other reviews til I posted, and my friend Scott below and I were on the same wavelength about the pure chardonnay character. It was almost (almost) like a good CA chard in its pure fruitiness).
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Raveneau Butteaux Vertical (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Briskly salty nose. Initially, a strong core of citrus with moderate acidity and some dilution mid-palate. This sweetened, lengthened, and filled out impressively though, and the fruit took on a more Chenin-like pear character. In the end, my third favorite wine of the 5 tasted.
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This wine was decanted and poured. Initially this is a very atypical Raveneau. The wine starts out on the bouquet and palate as more "chardonnay" than Chablis or Ravneau. Initially the aromatics can be described as forward, primary and slightly buttery. The color is a very light yellow with a tinge of green. The palate continues the theme of the bouquet. Despite the initial atypical nature of the wine, it does possess the excellent balance often found in Raveneau's wines. The wine evolves with airing and after about an hour begins to take on traits associated with the wines of Raveneau. The bouquet shifts and begins to show oyster shell, mineral, rocks and citrus notes. The palate evolves to show more acidity, complexity and focus. The wine demonstrates outstanding balance from beginning to end.
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2/23/2024 - fredb Likes this wine:
Medium yellow/light-gold color. Aromas have some floral/sweet lemon-lime and a hint of butterscotch. Palate still surprisingly fresh and showing good weight and density for the cru/vintage. Good example of Raveneau's ability to transcend vintage and maintain high quality and longevity. Drink.
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2/3/2024 - Rani wrote: 88 Points
Tasted blind. White flowers, melon, very silky but oaky finish. Was somewhat unbalanced in terms of concentration vs. oak, and lean.
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6/15/2022 - llink wrote: 92 Points
PNP. Drank during a 3 hour dinner at Asa. The wine got better with air. Honeyed lemon, sea brine and spice on the nose. The palate is medium texture with a saline like viscousity, rich, concentrated fruit coupled with beguiling complexity and a core of acid that pops up on the finish.
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5/20/2021 - Bullethead Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pnp. Gold yellow colour. Matured raveneau performed very well. Typical petrol, mineral, tropical fruits on nose. The petrol aroma is very strong, the nose improved after 2 hours. The palate was excellent from the beginning to the end. 94 palate 93+ nose
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12/23/2020 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfect level and cork.
Lemon coloured, lustrous.
Citrus zest and waxy fragrance.
Bright citrus, lemon and limes, quite tart, plenty of acidity. Vigorous and youthful. Not much development, little curd or cottage cheese, more linear fruit and mineral spice. This will keep a lot longer.
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11/21/2020 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Green minerality, a bit thin, drinking well. Fine and detailed. 92-93
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2/8/2020 - Rorriem Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious. Classic Raveneau. Decanted for 1 hour. In hindsight there was no rush to open and should have remained in the cellar!
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12/4/2019 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blind
from the nose I thought about Raveneau but I missed the razorsharp acidity. As I was told the winery the vintage should be 03 or 06. Creamy, a bit popcorn and nuts, lemon zest, nicely balanced. For me at his peak.93-94
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7/21/2018 - yinha Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful generous Chablis - drinking very well, but probably no rush either if you still have a few bottles. Opulent and luxurious in style.
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5/20/2017 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
This had a touch of oak/hint of vanilla at first whiff, softer entry (compared to the 1st 1er cru), slightly round, easy and silky on the palate, but then lots of chalky minerality in the back, plenty of dry extract, very elegant, long, lovely. Thought this was a Puligny. Dirty Dozen group at Grand Harbor
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3/23/2017 - dvansteenderen Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank during lunch with oysters from Zeeland. Delicious wine which had been in caraf for some hours before drinking it. Even still it was a baby with a long life ahead of it!
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2/18/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
A private lunch (Restaurant De Librije ***, Zwolle, Netherlands): Medium intense straw yellow, lively green tinge; open and mature nose, good depth, green herbs, citrus and spicy minerals and a buttery note; the palate is juicy and rounded, with ripe but fresh acidity and the tell-tale seamless and silky texture, good flavour intensity, subtle bitters; very good resonance, occasional whiff of straw, very good length.
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10/30/2016 - Fred_Bo wrote: 92 Points
This has exotic fruit, very ripe from the first nose with a drop og pear. Rich fruit follows on the palate but chalk and iodine adding some counterweight. One might think Limestone and minerals. This is still extremenly firm and one might think this has a decade more in it.
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10/28/2016 - Kim Gerner wrote: 93 Points
Greatest white Burgundy - Wine tasting dinner (Rest. FB (kg arr.)): Every time I taste Butteaux I feel it's the best price/value choice in Raveneau's portfolio. Among others tasted against his top wine "Les Clos" Grand cru also 2006, which I gave a score of 94+. Pretty close score but a lot more expensive
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7/25/2016 - Burgnick wrote: 90 Points
Chalky mineral, sea water, oak and shellfish. Good weight with abundant minerals. 90-91
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6/5/2016 - AudunG wrote: 91 Points
Nice chalky mineral aromas. Good concentration. Just a little behind the MdT 06 tasted same evening.
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1/1/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
New Year's Day Pork Shoulder and Grits Supper (San Francisco): Medium yellow. Lovely nose of flowers and orchard fruit. Medium weight, chalky base, fine rendering of Chablis saline quality, and excellent acidity for the year. The additional aging from 2012 through the present has really helped bring this wine into focus. When last tasted in 2014, I never thought it would lose its more tropical character and show as more classic Chablis. I was wrong. This was my last bottle, but I can see it hanging in there for at least another 2 to 3 years.
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8/15/2015 - fatboi Likes this wine: 93 Points
shows really well for 2006.. a bit fatty but still has the precision … floral notes and acidity well balanced
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7/2/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Three phases. First a rich, tropical entry with fat pineapple and ripe citrus fruit. Then, transiently, a leaner, more saline aspect with florality. Finally, somewhat clunky wood rules. I've never had a great experience with this wine. If I were to describe it in an equation of sorts, I would say that it reflects Raveneau > vintage >> Chablis style and character.
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3/29/2013 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
Quite typical Chablis and Raveneau, but has a slight dullness of acidity especially on the finish that I think comes from the vintage, quite fragrant, flint and shell, a hint of brown butter, young but not totally fresh.
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1/12/2013 - danstrings Likes this wine: 89 Points
Unique once again in its '06-ness, more a round classically chardonnay vs. the minerally seashell and truffle Raveneau usually is. Still a lot of cinnamon, pear, gunsmoke and white floral notes. A bit softer with some grapefruit and spice.
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12/9/2012 - Vinsant wrote:
Amazing. Tart and structured like a great Chablis with a little wood/hazelnut to round it out. Nose of the sea, lime, nut, cheese, and light tarragon. Sharp and tart palate of seashells, lime/lemon, flint, herbs, hazelnut, unripe pear skin, and sweet tarts. Probably the best pairing with dungeness I've ever had. Did not budge the 4-5 hours opened. Long life ahead. Wish I could afford more Raveneau!!!
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9/17/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Progress Report-2006 Dauvissat and Raveneau Chablis (Northern California): This had some of the hallmark Raveneau hazelnut and vanilla from the wood. Delicious but little in the way of Chablis structure.
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8/12/2012 - WST wrote: 89 Points
Nice, but lacking the sharp focus I expected. A bit fat, way more white fruit than mineral and seashell. Few producers made classical Chablis in '06, and this is no exception. The '05 Dauvissat Forest that followed was much more typical and impressive, IMO.
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8/4/2012 - mwanasheria wrote: 93 Points
Mouthfilling viscosity, tart, white peach, passion intertwined with nice acidity and a certain lightness despite the viscosity.
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7/12/2012 - AJ72 wrote: 92 Points
In a great spot at the moment but still needs a little more time to shed the primary baby fat. Good tight focused wine with great acidity and balance. A touch of grip towards the finish rounds out a very stylish palate. Last glass was the best.
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6/23/2012 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
R&Y & B&A @ Medlar (The Medlar, London): Quite a full mid straw with touches of green. Relatively ripe and rounded nose, some chalkiness but more floral and fruity, though not as overt at the 06 Montee de Tonerre seems to be at the moment. Quite full on the palate and a little more restrained than one might have supposed from the nose. Good weight and length and very enjoyable but for me just a shade behind the slightly more mature Fevre 01 Vaudesir alongside it, that wining on Chablis typicity. ****
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6/10/2012 - danstrings wrote: 87 Points
Very similar to last note, one of the flatter Raveneaus I've had in a while with some obvious oak.. Hmmm....
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8/27/2011 - danstrings wrote: 90 Points
Very one-dimensional next to the '02 of this, and similar to previous notes, more a purely chard-juicy character than any of the Raveneau minerality and white truffle. Still nice, just more a juicy ripe chard mouthful, but of course still far more elegant than a huge domestic chard...
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5/10/2011 - placecarnot wrote: 92 Points
Showing really well, much bigger than I expected.
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9/3/2010 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 90 Points
La Mission Haut Brion plus white Burgs and Port: Light gold in color, clear and bright. The nose is big with smoke, minerals and lemons. On the palate, nice red fugi apples. I like the acidity although it seems low for Chablis. Long finish. Going back to it a couple of hours later, it was about the same but at a warmer temp, it seemed slightly flabby.
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5/2/2010 - llink wrote:
Popped and poured. If you try hard you can coax out some minerals, iodine and lemon citrus notes from the nose, but this is still relatively closed. The palate is very taut, and lean showing a good acid bite and edginess. The finish is actually juicy and long lasting. Really classy wine with lots of upside.
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11/10/2009 - MFong wrote:
Confrerie Burgundy Trip – Day 1 (Chablis/Beaune): Shiny gold. Delicate first nose of honey, then flowers and peaches. Silky attack. Minerals with fresh acidity on the well integrated and balanced palate. Lime on the clean lingering finish. Complex and pure.
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6/25/2009 - danstrings wrote: 90 Points
Raveneau Butteaux Vertical at Vin, Vino Wine, Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto, CA): VVW Butteaux vertical with Iron Chevsky -- Fresh and clean, the most "purely chardonnay" of the lot tonight, with lots of that up front big chard fruit on the nose. Crushed minerals, almost powdery with a touch of lychee. Clean and fresh on the palate with not much of the more exotic Raveneau development (yet). Still lovely, a classy chard. (Update: OMG, I didn’t read other reviews til I posted, and my friend Scott below and I were on the same wavelength about the pure chardonnay character. It was almost (almost) like a good CA chard in its pure fruitiness).
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6/25/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
Raveneau Butteaux Vertical (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Briskly salty nose. Initially, a strong core of citrus with moderate acidity and some dilution mid-palate. This sweetened, lengthened, and filled out impressively though, and the fruit took on a more Chenin-like pear character. In the end, my third favorite wine of the 5 tasted.
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1/30/2009 - sehill wrote: 91 Points
This wine was decanted and poured. Initially this is a very atypical Raveneau. The wine starts out on the bouquet and palate as more "chardonnay" than Chablis or Ravneau. Initially the aromatics can be described as forward, primary and slightly buttery. The color is a very light yellow with a tinge of green. The palate continues the theme of the bouquet. Despite the initial atypical nature of the wine, it does possess the excellent balance often found in Raveneau's wines. The wine evolves with airing and after about an hour begins to take on traits associated with the wines of Raveneau. The bouquet shifts and begins to show oyster shell, mineral, rocks and citrus notes. The palate evolves to show more acidity, complexity and focus. The wine demonstrates outstanding balance from beginning to end.
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8/21/2008 - psi wrote:
Precision and great minerality, perfectly balanced. Wonderful!
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