Golden color. Badly oxidized, apple juice, sherry notes. Strange as the Vaillons and Sechet are completely fresh and vibrant. Chablis tasting with CG/Hasse/Finn.
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Drank with three type of west coast oysters; still has a golden color and not showing too much more age than seven years ago, but has more body in the mid-palate and finish now. Still has solid white flesh fruit, but much of the beauty is in the shells and minerals that linger. A lovely 1er cru.
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Bought on release, perfect fill. Spectacular for a 1er cru with 16 years on it. Huge palate presence but still has zingy Chablis liveliness, really really long. Amazing. Looking at my notes, may be best bottle i've had to date. Have to shake my head in wonder!
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Light yellow with green reflections, a perfectly non oxidized bottle in line with the hot vintage: ripe fruit, mainly orange, iodine, good length. A wine to be finished within the next 2-3 years.
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{3 or 4 cases bought on release; about 8 or 10 left} Complex, rich flavors without the keen, knife-like acidity of a young Chablis but still has edge. The depth and complexity of this 15-year old wine is a revelation, since so many of us are drinking our premier cru Chablis early to avoid the disappointments of premature oxidation (premox). If your bottles are well stored I think this wine will go another 5 years. [Note based on 3 or 4 bottles in the last 2 months, the latest being the reported tasting date].
drunk over 3 consecutive meals, best the first one when PnP. elegant and polished, everything is in place. bright nose, saline, chalky, notes of mushrooms and ripe yellow fruit. the palate is smooth, medium body and long. good freshness. second and third meal, some bitterness appeared and grew (although not overwhelming). very good with food.
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More Wine, Less Delta (Osteria Langhe): Solid but showed a degree of ripeness and heaviness of the vintage that I did not love. The acidity seems to be losing its battle with ripe fruit, and I suspect the freshness is starting to give way. I would drink up.
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Dinner at Osteria Langhe (Chicago, IL): So my last note on this said that this bottle didn't suffer from the vagaries of the vintage. Well today it seems like that this bottle did. A little dirty with some rot here. A slightly off nose that presented like chlorine? It didn't seem corked to me though. Fat and honeyed. I just don't get Dauvissat.
This was very good. Fresh aromas of lemon and stones, a very clean, precise attack with plenty of Chablis typicity, a flinty side to the lemon and apple flavours, much better for me than the 05 and thankfully, not premoxed, in itself a cause for celebration. It just lacks a little oomph and persistence to reach the next level.
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Needs a bit of air to breathe (1h), not showing a lot after opening, step by step the wine is getting dense, unctuous, with some lemon, ripe apple, more in a style of a warm vintage wine of Chassagne, well made for a vintage which is for me the worst in Chablis of the last 15 years.
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2006 Retrospective (Central Coast, CA): Defying the odds, this bottle showed superbly at 13 years of age. It also defied expectations, insofar as maturity took this bottle closer to Beaune than Chablis. Rather than flint, steel, saline and minerality, we found a mature Burgundy of the Côte d’Or variety, with a savory, creamy texture and a hazelnut dominated palate, with touches of light citrus and marzipan. A real treat, and my white WOTN.
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Lemon and exotic fruit, honey, slight petrol notes, quite large, but with a good length, a good wine for the complicated vintage. Will nevertheless finish my two remaining ones within the next months.
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Slightly fatter than expected from Dauvissat, could be due to the warmer vintage but no signs of too exotic fruit nor extraction. Lovely acidity. Very nice chardonnay at this level. At prime but no hurry. 15.5+/20
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Pausing for the Cause 2018 (Chicago, IL): This bottle didn't suffer from the vagaries of the vintage -- it's incredibly clean, without any undue rot. Good minerality and cut, though this is a slight bit broader than I enjoy in chablis. And my befuddlement with Dauvissat begins again...
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Yellow. Low pitched citrus nose. Fairly big and lush for Chablis. Nice fruit, mineral elements, and soil, but the missing ingredient is acidity. That said, I do believe this resembles other rich vintage Dauvissat wines that take on more shape and structure with time. Still, I don't regret this being my last bottle of this.
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Same remarks as for the last bottle: honey and lemon as main flavors. This is now really good together, quite rich, but in a very good balance. A month ago, I was in the cellar of Vincent Dauvissat to taste the 2017 from barrel and the 2016 from bottle (highlight: together with Allan Meadows) and Vincent’s remark was that his 2006 wines are now getting together. I confirm.
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Deep yellow, honey, citrus, pear, apple, rich texture, remembers me on a Chassagne-Montrachet, 2006 is not my preferred year for Burgundy whites, but this one is better than it was some years ago (same remark for the other Dauvissat cuvées of the same year).
On day two, more oyster shells and soil.
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Deep yellow. Flowers and low pitched citrus. Relatively lush for Chablis. Yellow pear and apple fruit with decent acidity and good soil. Good but lacks the cut of vrai Chablis.
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Deep yellow. Suprisingly mature, running with notes of orange marmalade, salty ocean and cheese. Creamy texture, soft around the edges. Deep, ripe fruit. This is ready now it seems. Will check in tomorrow to see if this firms up as Dauvissat's wines usually does.
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Yellow. Musky citrus and obvious wood, the latter of which receded fairly quickly. Broader and riper than usual. Orange oils and framing soil rather than the stoniness that characterizes more classic years. Again, very good and recognizable as Chablis, unlike some 2006 bottlings. Drink over the short term.
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{Bought on release; 4 bottles drunk x2 on 9.21, x2 on 9.22, PopNPour} Mature ripe nose with hints of exotic fruit, still has mineral subtext, long palate length and finish. For my palate I enjoyed this wine a touch more when younger and the fruit was racier, and less round BUT it is delicious and was more satisfying than all the red wines poured with dinner on 9/22. Its youthful orange zest and citrus has transmogrified into something like a marmalade in the nose and forepalate. Impeccably made, complete wine, could age a few years longer if your palate goes in this direction but for me.... will drink the last few bottles this calendar year as fully mature and do not see any upside.
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Deep yellow. Atypical fruit profile for Chablis-pear and ripe apple rather than green apple and citrus. Maybe a touch of honey, but some nice sea shore brothiness too. Broad and rich. As before, given shape by soil rather than acidity. This had held up very well and is quite enjoyable, but in the end, it is too big and borderline exotic to hold it up as a shining exemplar of Chablis. In the universe of 2006, though, very good.
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My last btl and, at a solid 10 years old, I decided not to tempt fate any longer. This is excellent mature Chablis. All, of my 06 Dauvissats have been; sound, fresh and complex with an all be it slightly rounder fuller palate. Still, enough zip to keep this vibrant and intense. This leads with a regal minerality combined with a range of salinity and citrus flavors. The nose is sea breeze fresh. Impresses with it's concentration and class. The '06 Chablis vintage is not held in high regard but this Forest should be. This was fantastic tonight again at Oceanaire Minneapolis with pan seared halibut. Loved it!
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Deep yellow. Orange and yellow apple more than perfumed brothiness, but the latter gradually catches up to the former so one does not confuse this with Mâcon. Glossy, full entry for Chablis, better soil and limestone underpinning through the mid-palate, but low acidity and atypically broad. In very good shape at age 10 and very good overall, but it can't completely overcome the softness of the vintage and doesn't thrill with any sense of "Chablisness".
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New Year's Day Pork Shoulder and Grits Supper (San Francisco): Medium yellow. Once again, more yellow pear than citrus with some rising salinity. Fairly full, enough acidity to avoid the blowsy, fat feel of some wines of this vintage, subtle but increasing brothiness as it sits in the glass. Like other wines from Dauvissat in big, ripe vintages, I think age has helped pare it down and make it more attractively sleek and Chablis-like. Still, this was well behind an '06 Raveneau Butteaux poured along with it.
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No longer youthfully pale gold like 2-1/2 yrs ago but still in very good shape. Especially, for the vintage. This leads with a regal minerality combined with a range of salinity and citrus flavors. The nose is sea breeze fresh. My wife's not the wine geek but she was impressed with the concentration and class. 2 more left. No issue with drinking now or holding for a few more years. A perfect pairing with whole trout tonight. Wish I could still buy these for the $40 I paid. This used to be an annual buy. Might, still be worth todays $70+ tariff.
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A surprise bottle - I thought I had run out. Mature but lively profile, grapefruit and a hint of apple, oyster shell, salted lemon butter, juicy but dry, hint of honey but no caramel, ripe acidity, mineral energy, layered finish, good length. There is a lot of bottle variation here and this is a very good one. In fact, the best one probably.
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From 75cl, good cork. Opened but not decanted 90 minutes. Once again, a repulsive rotten smell on opening, which disappeared after about an hour. Anyone ordering this in a restaurant needs good nerves and a resolute sommelier... A very fine white wine, but is it Chablis? Intense tangerine-oil scentm some lemon blossom. Big-bodied entry, there's strong acidity in there somewhere, but the impression is more dominated by ripe white fruit (star fruit?) and heavy minerality. Best three hours after opening, near room temperature. No hurry. 90P(+)
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Straw golden color; a littler lighter in color and body than I expected based on other Dauvissat I have tried. Still a very good wine though, with citrus and oyster shell and very persistent on the palate. A good match for a lemon shrimp pasta dish.
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I rarely see this vintage of Dauvissat, and this was my first crack at the 06 La Forest. I enjoyed it. Have a case and will likely put it into high rotation.
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First impressions were of a wine prematurely aged, if not premoxed, with a lot of wax and some honey. However, with exposure to air, this medium/light bodied dry wine revealed some creamy white fruit and became increasingly expressive showing agreeable underlying roundness but acidity was smooth at best and there was not much minerality, probably a function of the vintage but nevertheless disappointing in Chablis. Only quite good for the wine type.
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typeriktig, terroirpreget chablis med sitrusfrukt, nøtt og kraftig steinmineralitet på duft. Stram og syrlig intro, bra konsentrasjon. Typisk for produsenten.
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As this wine ages, it has been losing some weight and this creates a better tension and balance between the almost honeyed softness and the now more exposed structural elements. There is a good core of acidity and salty minerality, but the finish remains soft, with notes of yellow apple. In the final analysis this is a decent Chablis Premier Cru but clearly one of the weaker vintages of La Forest. It seems quite different from the bottle tasted in June 2014.
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Full yellow. A hint of salinity but mostly pear fruit. Honestly, this had more of the texture of Chenin Blanc than Chablis. Maybe I say that because the character of the fruit is quite atypical for Chablis. Some vanillin also present, lowish acidity. It's all in the food pairing here. Tonight we enjoyed it with perfectly sweet Dungeness crab, but this lacks the cut and salty edge to be an oyster Chablis.
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About the same shade of yellow as the '11 tasted alongside it. First impression is of ripe, tropical fruit, not exactly what I'm looking for in Chablis. A bit oily, but with a little air, there is actually promise of some broth and salinity. I will leave this for now and return to it after it's had a few hours to breathe (and hopefully take on more shape).
Well, this does develop iodine and soil, but these elements don't win the battle against honeyed tones and very ripe fruit. In fact, the wine seems disjointed and hardly resembles the usual sleek, well integrated Dauvissat package. This reminded me of 2003s at this property, where there was always the unrealized hope that they would slim down and show more structure.
That said, better on day 2 after some of that ripeness faded. Remained fresh and gained focus. Maybe more potential than I thought at first.
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Almost two years since my previous note and this wine continues to be a puzzle. Correct colour; aromatically discreet, its sea breeze nose displays subtle notes of hay and candyfloss but there is little or no fruit; on the palate it is slender, fresh and harmonious, but apart from some lemon cream and a hint of oyster shell on the finish it delivers little in the way of flavour; paradoxically, length is good. Nothing off or tired about this bottle, it just appears to be extremely uncommunicative. Maybe it needs even more time? Or will it just fade away? Revisit in 12 months.
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Medium yellow. Looking back at my previous notes, I must say that this bottle showed almost exactly the same as a half bottle a year ago. That is, sweet, ripe honeyed lemon (I'd guess some botrytis here) aromatics and with air some floral tones. Medium weight, nice glycerine feel with some oak at the base, average acidity and then, only at the back end, some more saline elements, but very much less than you usually find here. Very good Chardonnay for its purpose tonight (to accompany a chicken dish), excellent in the context of '06 Chablis, but disappointing for this usually stellar cuvee.
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We drink zee French vino (Chez Simo Bistro, Chicago IL): Nose: There is a forwardness to the nose with apples, spiced pears, citrus, and a slight touch of minerals. This is lacking some depth as well as lacking some of the chablis character.
Taste: Medium bodied with medium acidity. There is a fatness to the feel with apples, spiced pears, and citrus notes. There is some depth lacking and the tones are on the more forward side.
Overall: I wouldn't have guessed this as a chablis blind. It showed the vintage and it wasn't showing prem-ox. It was a good chardonnay, but this isn't close to the best Dauvissat I've had.
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Dinner at Chez Simo (Chez Simo Bistro - Chicago, IL): Seemed a bit off to me. Had some of the salty, mineral-driven chablis character, but it was overshadowed for me by some honey, warm apple, and buttery notes. I've had premoxed bottles of the 2006 La Forest before, worried that that was what we had here too.
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Out of half bottle, showing more development this time and a bit of a slightly over-browned parmesan crisp note. But lots of good stuff too -- candied lemon, vanilla "plaster", dusty damp caves, honeyed hazelnut.
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Ah, back to the good old days when I could still buy this for just under $40. The 2011 sells for $56 if, you are sourcing it really well. PnP Pale gold color with clean fresh but light floral stony aromas. This btl was in beautiful shape and entering it's drinking window. Loved it! So classy and elegant. Perfect weight and so Chablis in its focus and intensity. The '06 Chablis vintage is not held in high regard but this Forest should be. Thankfully 3 more to go. Drink or hold. The nose should still open up more over time.
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From 75cl, excellent cork. On opening a disgusting smell of rotten eggs and mould, but after decanting for 2 hours the wine turned out to be in perfect condition. Gorgeous perfume of honeysuckle, ripe freshly-peeled tangerine and lemon blossom - is this, in fact a mislabeled Hermitage? Thick, oily entry with powerful acidic undertow, massive concentration and atypical sweetness. The last drops, 5 hours after opening, finally showed some tell-tale Chablis saline minerality and lemon-juice. Great wine, no question, but a real mystery. People have rated this from 88 to 93 on CT, which seems reasonable enough to me, given how profoundly the wine in my glass morphed over the course of a long evening. Good now, and for several years to come. 91P(?)
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Half bottle. Medium yellow color. A whiff of rotten egg along with ripe lemon. Light to medium weight, tropical fruit, off, frankly dirty finish. Really unpleasant. This must have come from an unclean barrel. Too bad.
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Nice, and not prematurely oxidized. Ready to drink, which does seem to be a bit further along than it might should be. Decent nose, very nice mouth, and very very nice, saturated, dark length.
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Half bottle. Yellow. Ripe orange fragrance. Medium weight. Very similar to another half a few months ago. I'd put it this way: about 70% sweet citrus on the front end and then 30% more saline/iodine flavors to finish. A touch of neutral wood is also apparent. This is neither too heavy nor overly ripe and exotic, as is the case with many other 2006 Chablis. Rather, I prefer Chablis with the distinctive aromatic and flavor elements outweighing the fruit rather than having the balance noted above, and the acidity here could definitely be higher. Very good half bottle though.
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Another flawed bottle, I guess it is fact premox. Last bottle a year back had some odd notes of butterscotch and kerosine -- I thought and hoped that it was just the vintage character. Now, the flavor profile is advanced and so off. This case was cellared soon after release, and those bottles drank young were stoney and tight but very 2006 in character. I guess Chablis is not immune to premox, so it seems. Tasted over two days.
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Half bottle. Proper greenish yellow. Very pretty herbs and flowers that I've not encountered in prior bottles. Then joined by ripe lemon and a whiff of saltwater. Rich entry, some wood evident, sweet ripe citrus and an excellent earthy/saline finish with good persistence. Even though it is not a high acid wine, this bottle showed enough structure to keep it from feeling blowsy. Better than the full bottle we had last month during a horizontal tasting of '06s.
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Liquid minerals, crunchy minerality, stoney, wet rocks; very slick and medium bodied with some white floral notes and hard pit fruit. Classic chablis and excellent terroir.
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Medium yellow. Developed aromas of lime, honeysuckle, brioche, butter and caramel. I don't have a lot of experiece with 06 Chablis, so perhaps this a warmer vintage thing - but I get the impression this may be further advanced than it should be. That said, it has a lot to offer - good intensity, a beautifully round palate, chalky minerality, a pretty floral character, nice length and focus - but perhaps lacking the tension of the cooler vintages.
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Very much like my previous note, but I left what remained in the bottle in the fridge for two days this time. The improvement was even more marked than last time; in fact it turns from an awkward wine into good (if not great), classic Dauvissat Chablis. Creamy lemon, smoky minerality, white flowers, older wood. Acidity is adequate but perhaps it is a bit short. I will give my remaining bottles a few years more in the cellar but I am still not sure about its future.
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Ordered at La Pergola. Had food in front of me when it was presented and accepted but returned shortly thereafter as moderately premoxed. Given the other notes below, I'm glad we switched into another wine entirely instead of doubling down on this one. I don't think the server's English comprehended my explanation of premox but took it back graciously. Ordering White Burgs at restaurants involves markups of already expensive wine but also insurance against flaws, but we were having such a good time it took a few minutes to realize that this wasn't merely a disappointing bottle, but a flawed one. Once we had its replacement (an 04 Ramonet Chassange) in front of us, we knew it was right decision, the distinction was abundantly clear. I have not had any Premoxed Chablis until this bottle (several 06 Fevre Chablis have been youthfully stony as expected) . If I owned this wine I would NOT hold it given the history below.
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From 75cl. Definite hint of class in the caramel-lime scent, but the rest is a puzzle (and, given my high expectations, a disappointment). There is some citrus interest on the entry and short finish, but the mid-palate is kind of wholesomely inoffensive hole: finest soft mineral water and a bit of glycerine and an undertow of acidic fruit... but where is the minerality, the Chablis cut? If I tasted this blind I would say it was a fine wine about 2-3 years over the hill. According to expert opinion it has nearly a decade in hand, so I will take the risk of leaving my other bottles a couple of years. 87P(?)
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I don't really know what to make of this. There is some citrus, some cream, some depth, some wood, some minerality, but what is conspicuously absent is cut, precision, energy, definition and steely acidity. Decent length. Seems to be in limbo right now. Neither here not there, really. Not very exciting, was 2006 too warm? Seems to have settled down the next day, still relatively soft but also more together. More like 90. Retaste.
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Medium yellow in colour. The ripeness of the vintage is revealed through a bouquet of pineapple, lime oil, citrus pith and seashell. This flavor profile is confirmed on the palate, which is relatively creamy for a Chablis. It retains decent freshness though and some, floral notes, verve and good concentration all wrapped up in a moderately minerally finish. Will be interesting to see how this wine (and vintage in general) develops.
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Unimpressive. I kept waiting for this to improve in the glass. Yellow hue. Good nose, some botryrtis. Same botryrtis on the palate, but very un-Chablis-like. Almost like an ethanol-like sherry. At first I thought this was premox but I don't think so. Drank better in its youth. I think I am going to try and sell the rest that I have. The Les Clos from the same year was much better.
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Light yellow. A bit of wood, orange blossom and something more tropical. Full, adequate acidity and actually becomes more lemony and lean as it goes. Much better focused showing than on other occasions.
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Medium-yellow in color. Nose of oyster shells, pineapple and a faint trace of flint. Medium- to full-bodied, with a big minerally streak that permeates every nook and cranny. There is a considerable tropical component as well, which is absent from more classical vintages at this address (ie 2000, 2007). Finishes long, with serious minerality, like a baby Les Clos. This rather atypical La Forest will likely improve with another couple of years in the cellar, but is probably not for those seeking a classicaly-styled Chablis.
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Half bottle. Yellow without any green. Pineapple, vanilla, and a touch of florality. This nose hardly shouts Chablis. Similarly, in the mouth, fairly rich and voluminous with decent acidity but little back end grip. Sometimes these Dauvissats from fatter vintages can become more sleek over time. This one has not done so yet and seems more like generic Chardonnay than Chablis at this stage. Definitely not my style and I hope the vintage does not uniformly turn out like this.
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Wow, showing great, a beautiful development just starting with the awesome nutty truffle stuff. Crisp and fresh, a great food wine. Mesmerizing nose of lime, white flowers and a touch of truffle honey.
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Really nice bottle matched with a scallop and a king crap dish at søllerød kro, Denmark. Opened up nicely over 1 hour, classic chablis flavors but with more concentration than you will find in a standard chablis. Color was looking more mature than 2006, but that was no flaws here. Yummy.
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Heirloom tomato tasting Linda -- showed a bit funky tonight, almost a teeny bit corked but I didn't think so in the end. Light gold color, minerals nuts and a slight French funk on the nose that echoed on the palate. Some nice fruit and spice tho. Maybe an off bottle.
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Excellent Chablis, somewhat opulent but with an open for business nose delivering intense and refined aromas and a beautiful mouth combining richness and minerality, this wine is really living up to its prestigious pedigree. Am anxious to taste it after some years in bottle.
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Almost as restrained and closed as the Raveneau. A bit more minerality, limestone, and citrus and green fruit flavors. Very precise and pure this wine. Will be much better in 7-10 years. At Sturehof in Stockholm.
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BDAY at Gary and Rona's -- Young and fresh, with more brightness and acidity than the '05. As it opened in the glass, some of the classic honey nutty Dauvissat minerally seashell emerged.
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We finished reorganizing my cellar, so it was time for a modest celebration. We started with a 2006 Vincent Dauvissat Chablis la Forest. This wine is normally about as reliable as any out there today and the 2006 was no exception. Pale yellow, with plenty of mineral-laden citrus notes on the nose and a powerful presence on the palate, its only real problem at this point is its age (or lack of it) I think—the delineation and clarity is not quite there yet, as if a low level of white noise was blurring things on the palate. Tasted by itself, one might have dismissed these impressions, but followed by a 2000 Fevre Bougros Côtes des Bouguerots, its relative youth and perhaps its 1er cru status were apparent. Still, should be quite good in five to eight years…
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This bottle was decanted and showed better than a recently tasted version of this from a 375ml. This wine was tasted side by side with an '05 Raveneau Butteaux. This compared favorably with the Raveneau; however, the Raveneau did show more complexity and depth. This wine showed seashells, citrus and mineral / stone notes on the bouquet. The color was an appropriate for its age vibrant, light golden color. The medium bodied palate follows the aromatics with crisp seashell, mineral, stone and citrus notes that are given added grip by the acidity. This is my fourth experience with this wine. It was twice tasted from 750ml and twice from 375ml. Both times this wine has been tasted from 375ml it did not show as well as it did from the 750mls.
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Dinner at J's -- Showing better this time, still a tad funky (some thought slightly corked, some didn't), but more balanced with honey truffle and freshness.
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Dinner with Cyn -- showing a bit strange, with a funky mushroomy nose that seems to have some oak there.. Hmmm, maybe "bottle shock!" (I hope).. Good note below on the popcorn and a strange bitter "oakiness", hmmmmm....
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Good precision and length, but I'm not quite as jacked up about it as the pros are. The nose shows some distant pear and faint popcorn (even though this is presumably unoaked), and the palate is indistinctly limey. The bracing acidity and superlong, nutty finish make this a worthwhile wine. But I've had much better, much more complex, Chards at this price.
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Good ripeness here but certainly more backwards than the ‘Sechet’. It shows some lovely cooler fruit characters of fennel bulb and a little aniseed mixing it up with white peach, pear and minerals. It is very shapely in the mouth with sperical sap enveloping the taut mineral spine. The piercing citrus elements and iodine combine to provide outstanding cut and focus to the finish.
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3/3/2024 - pbaek wrote: flawed
Golden color. Badly oxidized, apple juice, sherry notes. Strange as the Vaillons and Sechet are completely fresh and vibrant. Chablis tasting with CG/Hasse/Finn.
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6/2/2023 - portman63 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank with three type of west coast oysters; still has a golden color and not showing too much more age than seven years ago, but has more body in the mid-palate and finish now. Still has solid white flesh fruit, but much of the beauty is in the shells and minerals that linger. A lovely 1er cru.
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7/30/2022 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bought on release, perfect fill. Spectacular for a 1er cru with 16 years on it. Huge palate presence but still has zingy Chablis liveliness, really really long. Amazing. Looking at my notes, may be best bottle i've had to date. Have to shake my head in wonder!
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6/10/2022 - MJReb wrote: 90 Points
Ripe rich fruit from a warm vintage, some saline notes, nevertheless missing tension, but not bad, to be finished up.
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6/1/2022 - jbaron wrote:
Opened slightly over the hill and progressed somewhat quickly to more over the hill. Hmm.
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1/21/2022 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Light yellow with green reflections, a perfectly non oxidized bottle in line with the hot vintage: ripe fruit, mainly orange, iodine, good length. A wine to be finished within the next 2-3 years.
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11/1/2021 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 93 Points
{3 or 4 cases bought on release; about 8 or 10 left} Complex, rich flavors without the keen, knife-like acidity of a young Chablis but still has edge. The depth and complexity of this 15-year old wine is a revelation, since so many of us are drinking our premier cru Chablis early to avoid the disappointments of premature oxidation (premox). If your bottles are well stored I think this wine will go another 5 years. [Note based on 3 or 4 bottles in the last 2 months, the latest being the reported tasting date].
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10/11/2021 - NickNYC Likes this wine: 92 Points
drunk over 3 consecutive meals, best the first one when PnP. elegant and polished, everything is in place. bright nose, saline, chalky, notes of mushrooms and ripe yellow fruit. the palate is smooth, medium body and long. good freshness. second and third meal, some bitterness appeared and grew (although not overwhelming). very good with food.
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7/29/2021 - Nanda wrote: 87 Points
More Wine, Less Delta (Osteria Langhe): Solid but showed a degree of ripeness and heaviness of the vintage that I did not love. The acidity seems to be losing its battle with ripe fruit, and I suspect the freshness is starting to give way. I would drink up.
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7/29/2021 - acyso wrote: 85 Points
Dinner at Osteria Langhe (Chicago, IL): So my last note on this said that this bottle didn't suffer from the vagaries of the vintage. Well today it seems like that this bottle did. A little dirty with some rot here. A slightly off nose that presented like chlorine? It didn't seem corked to me though. Fat and honeyed. I just don't get Dauvissat.
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12/30/2020 - MJReb wrote: 90 Points
Quite a lot of honey, some citrus, rich, not my preferred vintage in Chablis.
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9/27/2020 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was very good. Fresh aromas of lemon and stones, a very clean, precise attack with plenty of Chablis typicity, a flinty side to the lemon and apple flavours, much better for me than the 05 and thankfully, not premoxed, in itself a cause for celebration. It just lacks a little oomph and persistence to reach the next level.
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5/2/2020 - MJReb wrote: 90 Points
Needs some minutes to breathe, mainly apple, with the aeration citrus elements come up, good effort for a 2006 Chablis.
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3/14/2020 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Liked it more than the one some weeks ago: lemon and apple, pretty fresh with a correct length. Fully in its drinking window.
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2/17/2020 - MJReb wrote: 90 Points
Needs a bit of air to breathe (1h), not showing a lot after opening, step by step the wine is getting dense, unctuous, with some lemon, ripe apple, more in a style of a warm vintage wine of Chassagne, well made for a vintage which is for me the worst in Chablis of the last 15 years.
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1/26/2020 - BradE wrote:
With an hour of air this bottle really blossomed and surprised us all. A lovely bottle of Chablis, that kept improving over the hour we drank it.
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10/24/2019 - BradE wrote:
Two bottles from an unopened case in storage. Both oxidized and dumped. Shame.
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6/21/2019 - MJReb wrote: flawed
Corked
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1/31/2019 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 94 Points
2006 Retrospective (Central Coast, CA): Defying the odds, this bottle showed superbly at 13 years of age. It also defied expectations, insofar as maturity took this bottle closer to Beaune than Chablis. Rather than flint, steel, saline and minerality, we found a mature Burgundy of the Côte d’Or variety, with a savory, creamy texture and a hazelnut dominated palate, with touches of light citrus and marzipan. A real treat, and my white WOTN.
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1/1/2019 - jbaron wrote: 93 Points
Mature and great. Or very good at least.
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12/21/2018 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Lemon and exotic fruit, honey, slight petrol notes, quite large, but with a good length, a good wine for the complicated vintage. Will nevertheless finish my two remaining ones within the next months.
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12/18/2018 - derekastoria Likes this wine:
Slightly fatter than expected from Dauvissat, could be due to the warmer vintage but no signs of too exotic fruit nor extraction. Lovely acidity. Very nice chardonnay at this level. At prime but no hurry. 15.5+/20
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9/24/2018 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Pausing for the Cause 2018 (Chicago, IL): This bottle didn't suffer from the vagaries of the vintage -- it's incredibly clean, without any undue rot. Good minerality and cut, though this is a slight bit broader than I enjoy in chablis. And my befuddlement with Dauvissat begins again...
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7/11/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Yellow. Low pitched citrus nose. Fairly big and lush for Chablis. Nice fruit, mineral elements, and soil, but the missing ingredient is acidity. That said, I do believe this resembles other rich vintage Dauvissat wines that take on more shape and structure with time. Still, I don't regret this being my last bottle of this.
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7/7/2018 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Same remarks as for the last bottle: honey and lemon as main flavors. This is now really good together, quite rich, but in a very good balance. A month ago, I was in the cellar of Vincent Dauvissat to taste the 2017 from barrel and the 2016 from bottle (highlight: together with Allan Meadows) and Vincent’s remark was that his 2006 wines are now getting together. I confirm.
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5/20/2018 - MJReb wrote: 91 Points
Deep yellow, honey, citrus, pear, apple, rich texture, remembers me on a Chassagne-Montrachet, 2006 is not my preferred year for Burgundy whites, but this one is better than it was some years ago (same remark for the other Dauvissat cuvées of the same year).
On day two, more oyster shells and soil.
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12/21/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep yellow. Flowers and low pitched citrus. Relatively lush for Chablis. Yellow pear and apple fruit with decent acidity and good soil. Good but lacks the cut of vrai Chablis.
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12/11/2017 - pbaek wrote:
Deep yellow. Suprisingly mature, running with notes of orange marmalade, salty ocean and cheese. Creamy texture, soft around the edges. Deep, ripe fruit. This is ready now it seems. Will check in tomorrow to see if this firms up as Dauvissat's wines usually does.
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10/16/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Yellow. Musky citrus and obvious wood, the latter of which receded fairly quickly. Broader and riper than usual. Orange oils and framing soil rather than the stoniness that characterizes more classic years. Again, very good and recognizable as Chablis, unlike some 2006 bottlings. Drink over the short term.
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9/22/2017 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 91 Points
{Bought on release; 4 bottles drunk x2 on 9.21, x2 on 9.22, PopNPour} Mature ripe nose with hints of exotic fruit, still has mineral subtext, long palate length and finish. For my palate I enjoyed this wine a touch more when younger and the fruit was racier, and less round BUT it is delicious and was more satisfying than all the red wines poured with dinner on 9/22. Its youthful orange zest and citrus has transmogrified into something like a marmalade in the nose and forepalate. Impeccably made, complete wine, could age a few years longer if your palate goes in this direction but for me.... will drink the last few bottles this calendar year as fully mature and do not see any upside.
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6/18/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep yellow. Atypical fruit profile for Chablis-pear and ripe apple rather than green apple and citrus. Maybe a touch of honey, but some nice sea shore brothiness too. Broad and rich. As before, given shape by soil rather than acidity. This had held up very well and is quite enjoyable, but in the end, it is too big and borderline exotic to hold it up as a shining exemplar of Chablis. In the universe of 2006, though, very good.
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4/14/2017 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
My last btl and, at a solid 10 years old, I decided not to tempt fate any longer. This is excellent mature Chablis. All, of my 06 Dauvissats have been; sound, fresh and complex with an all be it slightly rounder fuller palate. Still, enough zip to keep this vibrant and intense. This leads with a regal minerality combined with a range of salinity and citrus flavors. The nose is sea breeze fresh. Impresses with it's concentration and class. The '06 Chablis vintage is not held in high regard but this Forest should be. This was fantastic tonight again at Oceanaire Minneapolis with pan seared halibut. Loved it!
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7/23/2016 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
Another sound fresh btl with that classic Dauvissat rounder fuller palate. Terrific Forest! My btl.
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3/2/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Deep yellow. Orange and yellow apple more than perfumed brothiness, but the latter gradually catches up to the former so one does not confuse this with Mâcon. Glossy, full entry for Chablis, better soil and limestone underpinning through the mid-palate, but low acidity and atypically broad. In very good shape at age 10 and very good overall, but it can't completely overcome the softness of the vintage and doesn't thrill with any sense of "Chablisness".
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1/1/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
New Year's Day Pork Shoulder and Grits Supper (San Francisco): Medium yellow. Once again, more yellow pear than citrus with some rising salinity. Fairly full, enough acidity to avoid the blowsy, fat feel of some wines of this vintage, subtle but increasing brothiness as it sits in the glass. Like other wines from Dauvissat in big, ripe vintages, I think age has helped pare it down and make it more attractively sleek and Chablis-like. Still, this was well behind an '06 Raveneau Butteaux poured along with it.
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12/2/2015 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
No longer youthfully pale gold like 2-1/2 yrs ago but still in very good shape. Especially, for the vintage. This leads with a regal minerality combined with a range of salinity and citrus flavors. The nose is sea breeze fresh. My wife's not the wine geek but she was impressed with the concentration and class. 2 more left. No issue with drinking now or holding for a few more years. A perfect pairing with whole trout tonight. Wish I could still buy these for the $40 I paid. This used to be an annual buy. Might, still be worth todays $70+ tariff.
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11/12/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
A surprise bottle - I thought I had run out. Mature but lively profile, grapefruit and a hint of apple, oyster shell, salted lemon butter, juicy but dry, hint of honey but no caramel, ripe acidity, mineral energy, layered finish, good length. There is a lot of bottle variation here and this is a very good one. In fact, the best one probably.
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9/13/2015 - honest bob wrote: 90 Points
From 75cl, good cork. Opened but not decanted 90 minutes. Once again, a repulsive rotten smell on opening, which disappeared after about an hour. Anyone ordering this in a restaurant needs good nerves and a resolute sommelier... A very fine white wine, but is it Chablis? Intense tangerine-oil scentm some lemon blossom. Big-bodied entry, there's strong acidity in there somewhere, but the impression is more dominated by ripe white fruit (star fruit?) and heavy minerality. Best three hours after opening, near room temperature. No hurry. 90P(+)
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7/24/2015 - portman63 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Straw golden color; a littler lighter in color and body than I expected based on other Dauvissat I have tried. Still a very good wine though, with citrus and oyster shell and very persistent on the palate. A good match for a lemon shrimp pasta dish.
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7/13/2015 - AV2012 wrote: 91 Points
Whites from France and Spain: Nose of yogurt, cigarete smoke, also mild oaky notes. Very good texture and grip.
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6/27/2015 - BradE wrote:
I rarely see this vintage of Dauvissat, and this was my first crack at the 06 La Forest. I enjoyed it. Have a case and will likely put it into high rotation.
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5/17/2015 - eboracum wrote: 88 Points
First impressions were of a wine prematurely aged, if not premoxed, with a lot of wax and some honey. However, with exposure to air, this medium/light bodied dry wine revealed some creamy white fruit and became increasingly expressive showing agreeable underlying roundness but acidity was smooth at best and there was not much minerality, probably a function of the vintage but nevertheless disappointing in Chablis. Only quite good for the wine type.
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4/18/2015 - Anders Danielsen Lie Likes this wine: 88 Points
typeriktig, terroirpreget chablis med sitrusfrukt, nøtt og kraftig steinmineralitet på duft. Stram og syrlig intro, bra konsentrasjon. Typisk for produsenten.
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1/30/2015 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:
Irancy Calling: Celebrating Saint Vincent; 1/30/2015-2/2/2015 (Chablis - Irancy - Beaune): Honeyed and very mineral.
Tasty, persistent and deep.
High quality here. Totally ready at this moment.
Sharing some medals of foie with a black chocolate and liquourice sauce.
Melosa y muy mineral
Sabrosa, persistente y profunda.
Gran calidad.
Acompañando algunos medallones de foie con salsa de chocolate negro y regaliz.
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1/9/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
As this wine ages, it has been losing some weight and this creates a better tension and balance between the almost honeyed softness and the now more exposed structural elements. There is a good core of acidity and salty minerality, but the finish remains soft, with notes of yellow apple. In the final analysis this is a decent Chablis Premier Cru but clearly one of the weaker vintages of La Forest. It seems quite different from the bottle tasted in June 2014.
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12/1/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Full yellow. A hint of salinity but mostly pear fruit. Honestly, this had more of the texture of Chenin Blanc than Chablis. Maybe I say that because the character of the fruit is quite atypical for Chablis. Some vanillin also present, lowish acidity. It's all in the food pairing here. Tonight we enjoyed it with perfectly sweet Dungeness crab, but this lacks the cut and salty edge to be an oyster Chablis.
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8/27/2014 - cavalpha wrote: 87 Points
Over the hill, sadly.
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6/27/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
About the same shade of yellow as the '11 tasted alongside it. First impression is of ripe, tropical fruit, not exactly what I'm looking for in Chablis. A bit oily, but with a little air, there is actually promise of some broth and salinity. I will leave this for now and return to it after it's had a few hours to breathe (and hopefully take on more shape).
Well, this does develop iodine and soil, but these elements don't win the battle against honeyed tones and very ripe fruit. In fact, the wine seems disjointed and hardly resembles the usual sleek, well integrated Dauvissat package. This reminded me of 2003s at this property, where there was always the unrealized hope that they would slim down and show more structure.
That said, better on day 2 after some of that ripeness faded. Remained fresh and gained focus. Maybe more potential than I thought at first.
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6/9/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
Almost two years since my previous note and this wine continues to be a puzzle. Correct colour; aromatically discreet, its sea breeze nose displays subtle notes of hay and candyfloss but there is little or no fruit; on the palate it is slender, fresh and harmonious, but apart from some lemon cream and a hint of oyster shell on the finish it delivers little in the way of flavour; paradoxically, length is good. Nothing off or tired about this bottle, it just appears to be extremely uncommunicative. Maybe it needs even more time? Or will it just fade away? Revisit in 12 months.
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2/14/2014 - fdusonchet wrote: 95 Points
Complexe et vibrant arôme profond et bouche gourmande
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1/8/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Looking back at my previous notes, I must say that this bottle showed almost exactly the same as a half bottle a year ago. That is, sweet, ripe honeyed lemon (I'd guess some botrytis here) aromatics and with air some floral tones. Medium weight, nice glycerine feel with some oak at the base, average acidity and then, only at the back end, some more saline elements, but very much less than you usually find here. Very good Chardonnay for its purpose tonight (to accompany a chicken dish), excellent in the context of '06 Chablis, but disappointing for this usually stellar cuvee.
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10/28/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 85 Points
We drink zee French vino (Chez Simo Bistro, Chicago IL): Nose: There is a forwardness to the nose with apples, spiced pears, citrus, and a slight touch of minerals. This is lacking some depth as well as lacking some of the chablis character.
Taste: Medium bodied with medium acidity. There is a fatness to the feel with apples, spiced pears, and citrus notes. There is some depth lacking and the tones are on the more forward side.
Overall: I wouldn't have guessed this as a chablis blind. It showed the vintage and it wasn't showing prem-ox. It was a good chardonnay, but this isn't close to the best Dauvissat I've had.
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10/28/2013 - tooch wrote:
Dinner at Chez Simo (Chez Simo Bistro - Chicago, IL): Seemed a bit off to me. Had some of the salty, mineral-driven chablis character, but it was overshadowed for me by some honey, warm apple, and buttery notes. I've had premoxed bottles of the 2006 La Forest before, worried that that was what we had here too.
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10/2/2013 - danstrings Likes this wine: 88 Points
Out of half bottle, showing more development this time and a bit of a slightly over-browned parmesan crisp note. But lots of good stuff too -- candied lemon, vanilla "plaster", dusty damp caves, honeyed hazelnut.
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6/28/2013 - chablis28 wrote: 93 Points
Ah, back to the good old days when I could still buy this for just under $40. The 2011 sells for $56 if, you are sourcing it really well. PnP Pale gold color with clean fresh but light floral stony aromas. This btl was in beautiful shape and entering it's drinking window. Loved it! So classy and elegant. Perfect weight and so Chablis in its focus and intensity. The '06 Chablis vintage is not held in high regard but this Forest should be. Thankfully 3 more to go. Drink or hold. The nose should still open up more over time.
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4/14/2013 - honest bob wrote: 91 Points
From 75cl, excellent cork. On opening a disgusting smell of rotten eggs and mould, but after decanting for 2 hours the wine turned out to be in perfect condition. Gorgeous perfume of honeysuckle, ripe freshly-peeled tangerine and lemon blossom - is this, in fact a mislabeled Hermitage? Thick, oily entry with powerful acidic undertow, massive concentration and atypical sweetness. The last drops, 5 hours after opening, finally showed some tell-tale Chablis saline minerality and lemon-juice. Great wine, no question, but a real mystery. People have rated this from 88 to 93 on CT, which seems reasonable enough to me, given how profoundly the wine in my glass morphed over the course of a long evening. Good now, and for several years to come. 91P(?)
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3/11/2013 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
Half bottle. Medium yellow color. A whiff of rotten egg along with ripe lemon. Light to medium weight, tropical fruit, off, frankly dirty finish. Really unpleasant. This must have come from an unclean barrel. Too bad.
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2/1/2013 - jbaron wrote: 93 Points
Nice, and not prematurely oxidized. Ready to drink, which does seem to be a bit further along than it might should be. Decent nose, very nice mouth, and very very nice, saturated, dark length.
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12/25/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Yellow. Ripe orange fragrance. Medium weight. Very similar to another half a few months ago. I'd put it this way: about 70% sweet citrus on the front end and then 30% more saline/iodine flavors to finish. A touch of neutral wood is also apparent. This is neither too heavy nor overly ripe and exotic, as is the case with many other 2006 Chablis. Rather, I prefer Chablis with the distinctive aromatic and flavor elements outweighing the fruit rather than having the balance noted above, and the acidity here could definitely be higher. Very good half bottle though.
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11/4/2012 - BurgAndy wrote:
Another flawed bottle, I guess it is fact premox. Last bottle a year back had some odd notes of butterscotch and kerosine -- I thought and hoped that it was just the vintage character. Now, the flavor profile is advanced and so off. This case was cellared soon after release, and those bottles drank young were stoney and tight but very 2006 in character. I guess Chablis is not immune to premox, so it seems. Tasted over two days.
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10/24/2012 - fdusonchet Likes this wine: 92 Points
Vin un peu reduit mais bel arôme de miel de camomille de coin...
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10/7/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Proper greenish yellow. Very pretty herbs and flowers that I've not encountered in prior bottles. Then joined by ripe lemon and a whiff of saltwater. Rich entry, some wood evident, sweet ripe citrus and an excellent earthy/saline finish with good persistence. Even though it is not a high acid wine, this bottle showed enough structure to keep it from feeling blowsy. Better than the full bottle we had last month during a horizontal tasting of '06s.
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10/1/2012 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
Liquid minerals, crunchy minerality, stoney, wet rocks; very slick and medium bodied with some white floral notes and hard pit fruit. Classic chablis and excellent terroir.
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9/21/2012 - JonathanP wrote: 91 Points
Medium yellow. Developed aromas of lime, honeysuckle, brioche, butter and caramel. I don't have a lot of experiece with 06 Chablis, so perhaps this a warmer vintage thing - but I get the impression this may be further advanced than it should be. That said, it has a lot to offer - good intensity, a beautifully round palate, chalky minerality, a pretty floral character, nice length and focus - but perhaps lacking the tension of the cooler vintages.
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9/17/2012 - drwine2001 wrote:
Progress Report-2006 Dauvissat and Raveneau Chablis (Northern California): Richer and weightier than the Vaillons with sweeter orange fruit. This reminded me of the 2009 Forest and was similarly very, very good.
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7/18/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Very much like my previous note, but I left what remained in the bottle in the fridge for two days this time. The improvement was even more marked than last time; in fact it turns from an awkward wine into good (if not great), classic Dauvissat Chablis. Creamy lemon, smoky minerality, white flowers, older wood. Acidity is adequate but perhaps it is a bit short. I will give my remaining bottles a few years more in the cellar but I am still not sure about its future.
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7/14/2012 - yannhry wrote: flawed
Bouchonnée...
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6/23/2012 - silton wrote: flawed
Ordered at La Pergola. Had food in front of me when it was presented and accepted but returned shortly thereafter as moderately premoxed. Given the other notes below, I'm glad we switched into another wine entirely instead of doubling down on this one. I don't think the server's English comprehended my explanation of premox but took it back graciously. Ordering White Burgs at restaurants involves markups of already expensive wine but also insurance against flaws, but we were having such a good time it took a few minutes to realize that this wasn't merely a disappointing bottle, but a flawed one. Once we had its replacement (an 04 Ramonet Chassange) in front of us, we knew it was right decision, the distinction was abundantly clear. I have not had any Premoxed Chablis until this bottle (several 06 Fevre Chablis have been youthfully stony as expected) . If I owned this wine I would NOT hold it given the history below.
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6/22/2012 - tooch wrote: flawed
Badly premoxed. Like drinking honeyed apple juice.
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3/28/2012 - honest bob wrote: 87 Points
From 75cl. Definite hint of class in the caramel-lime scent, but the rest is a puzzle (and, given my high expectations, a disappointment). There is some citrus interest on the entry and short finish, but the mid-palate is kind of wholesomely inoffensive hole: finest soft mineral water and a bit of glycerine and an undertow of acidic fruit... but where is the minerality, the Chablis cut? If I tasted this blind I would say it was a fine wine about 2-3 years over the hill. According to expert opinion it has nearly a decade in hand, so I will take the risk of leaving my other bottles a couple of years. 87P(?)
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3/24/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 88 Points
I don't really know what to make of this. There is some citrus, some cream, some depth, some wood, some minerality, but what is conspicuously absent is cut, precision, energy, definition and steely acidity. Decent length. Seems to be in limbo right now. Neither here not there, really. Not very exciting, was 2006 too warm? Seems to have settled down the next day, still relatively soft but also more together. More like 90. Retaste.
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2/1/2012 - danstrings wrote: 91 Points
Developing nicely with some of the more exotic swirls of white truffle and candied hazelnut appearing. Good balance and acidity, dream food wine.
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10/16/2011 - JonathanP wrote: 92 Points
Medium yellow in colour. The ripeness of the vintage is revealed through a bouquet of pineapple, lime oil, citrus pith and seashell. This flavor profile is confirmed on the palate, which is relatively creamy for a Chablis. It retains decent freshness though and some, floral notes, verve and good concentration all wrapped up in a moderately minerally finish. Will be interesting to see how this wine (and vintage in general) develops.
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9/14/2011 - BurgAndy wrote: 85 Points
Unimpressive. I kept waiting for this to improve in the glass. Yellow hue. Good nose, some botryrtis. Same botryrtis on the palate, but very un-Chablis-like. Almost like an ethanol-like sherry. At first I thought this was premox but I don't think so. Drank better in its youth. I think I am going to try and sell the rest that I have. The Les Clos from the same year was much better.
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9/13/2011 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light yellow. A bit of wood, orange blossom and something more tropical. Full, adequate acidity and actually becomes more lemony and lean as it goes. Much better focused showing than on other occasions.
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6/20/2011 - J o e wrote: 91 Points
Medium-yellow in color. Nose of oyster shells, pineapple and a faint trace of flint. Medium- to full-bodied, with a big minerally streak that permeates every nook and cranny. There is a considerable tropical component as well, which is absent from more classical vintages at this address (ie 2000, 2007). Finishes long, with serious minerality, like a baby Les Clos. This rather atypical La Forest will likely improve with another couple of years in the cellar, but is probably not for those seeking a classicaly-styled Chablis.
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6/5/2010 - Jpierre wrote:
Flaw
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1/20/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:
Half bottle. Yellow without any green. Pineapple, vanilla, and a touch of florality. This nose hardly shouts Chablis. Similarly, in the mouth, fairly rich and voluminous with decent acidity but little back end grip. Sometimes these Dauvissats from fatter vintages can become more sleek over time. This one has not done so yet and seems more like generic Chardonnay than Chablis at this stage. Definitely not my style and I hope the vintage does not uniformly turn out like this.
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11/3/2009 - danstrings wrote: 93 Points
Wow, showing great, a beautiful development just starting with the awesome nutty truffle stuff. Crisp and fresh, a great food wine. Mesmerizing nose of lime, white flowers and a touch of truffle honey.
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9/12/2009 - Asger wrote: 91 Points
Really nice bottle matched with a scallop and a king crap dish at søllerød kro, Denmark. Opened up nicely over 1 hour, classic chablis flavors but with more concentration than you will find in a standard chablis. Color was looking more mature than 2006, but that was no flaws here. Yummy.
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7/22/2009 - danstrings wrote: 88 Points
Heirloom tomato tasting Linda -- showed a bit funky tonight, almost a teeny bit corked but I didn't think so in the end. Light gold color, minerals nuts and a slight French funk on the nose that echoed on the palate. Some nice fruit and spice tho. Maybe an off bottle.
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6/23/2009 - thomasito2001 wrote: 93 Points
Excellent Chablis, somewhat opulent but with an open for business nose delivering intense and refined aromas and a beautiful mouth combining richness and minerality, this wine is really living up to its prestigious pedigree. Am anxious to taste it after some years in bottle.
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3/4/2009 - pbaek wrote:
Almost as restrained and closed as the Raveneau. A bit more minerality, limestone, and citrus and green fruit flavors. Very precise and pure this wine. Will be much better in 7-10 years. At Sturehof in Stockholm.
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12/16/2008 - danstrings wrote: 90 Points
BDAY at Gary and Rona's -- Young and fresh, with more brightness and acidity than the '05. As it opened in the glass, some of the classic honey nutty Dauvissat minerally seashell emerged.
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10/20/2008 - danstrings wrote: 89 Points
Good steely nutty Chablis
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9/30/2008 - danstrings wrote: 91 Points
Showing better and better each time--very fresh and clean and after a while in the glass the honeyed nuttiness emerges. Nice.
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9/2/2008 - CSteefel wrote: 91 Points
We finished reorganizing my cellar, so it was time for a modest celebration. We started with a 2006 Vincent Dauvissat Chablis la Forest. This wine is normally about as reliable as any out there today and the 2006 was no exception. Pale yellow, with plenty of mineral-laden citrus notes on the nose and a powerful presence on the palate, its only real problem at this point is its age (or lack of it) I think—the delineation and clarity is not quite there yet, as if a low level of white noise was blurring things on the palate. Tasted by itself, one might have dismissed these impressions, but followed by a 2000 Fevre Bougros Côtes des Bouguerots, its relative youth and perhaps its 1er cru status were apparent. Still, should be quite good in five to eight years…
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9/1/2008 - sehill wrote: 92 Points
This bottle was decanted and showed better than a recently tasted version of this from a 375ml. This wine was tasted side by side with an '05 Raveneau Butteaux. This compared favorably with the Raveneau; however, the Raveneau did show more complexity and depth. This wine showed seashells, citrus and mineral / stone notes on the bouquet. The color was an appropriate for its age vibrant, light golden color. The medium bodied palate follows the aromatics with crisp seashell, mineral, stone and citrus notes that are given added grip by the acidity. This is my fourth experience with this wine. It was twice tasted from 750ml and twice from 375ml. Both times this wine has been tasted from 375ml it did not show as well as it did from the 750mls.
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8/17/2008 - danstrings wrote: 90 Points
Dinner at J's -- Showing better this time, still a tad funky (some thought slightly corked, some didn't), but more balanced with honey truffle and freshness.
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8/3/2008 - danstrings wrote: 88 Points
Dinner with Cyn -- showing a bit strange, with a funky mushroomy nose that seems to have some oak there.. Hmmm, maybe "bottle shock!" (I hope).. Good note below on the popcorn and a strange bitter "oakiness", hmmmmm....
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6/12/2008 - Stephan O wrote: 89 Points
Good precision and length, but I'm not quite as jacked up about it as the pros are. The nose shows some distant pear and faint popcorn (even though this is presumably unoaked), and the palate is indistinctly limey. The bracing acidity and superlong, nutty finish make this a worthwhile wine. But I've had much better, much more complex, Chards at this price.
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5/31/2008 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Good ripeness here but certainly more backwards than the ‘Sechet’. It shows some lovely cooler fruit characters of fennel bulb and a little aniseed mixing it up with white peach, pear and minerals. It is very shapely in the mouth with sperical sap enveloping the taut mineral spine. The piercing citrus elements and iodine combine to provide outstanding cut and focus to the finish.
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