2009 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  5/9/2024 - jviz wrote: 95 Points

  I personally very much enjoy the riper vintages of Raveneau. This glass of Clos was given to me blind. It was fresher and younger than a bottle of 12 Coche Rougeots, and I honestly felt this could have been a 19. It had plenty of verve, and enough richness that we thought the wine might be a Chassagne 1ere. But that’s how tropical and fleshy it is. If there is a critique, it’s that the vintage loses some Chablis typicity, but in my mind, most winemakers these days speak a lot about minimal intervention and crafting, and letting nature do its things. So vintage variation is part of that. And this particular bottle still has a long way to go.

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  8/17/2023 - llink wrote: 94 Points

  PNP. Medium yellow. Sweet powdered lemon candy, iodine and broth on the nose. The palate is full and deep, sweet Meyer lemon fruit and an open knit texture that is enjoyable but lacks tension and acidity; not on par with the 08 Valmur.

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  6/14/2023 - Travislee0113 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  I tasted this bottle during a Chablis night at Sushi Shinkai in Seoul, together with Christian Moreau's Les Clos, William Fevre's Les Clos, and Vincent Dauvissat's Les Clos. As expected and without a doubt, Francois Raveneau's Clos was the final boss and stood out better than others. I loved the finest Chablis poised balance of nose and palate. Alas, its price tag is now at an insane level, I missed the time when the Raveneau was approachable.

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  11/19/2022 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points

  Too young and too intense. Concentrated stone and minerality. Less sharpness in view of the ripe vintage but substantial. 93+

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  6/14/2022 - BradE wrote:

  A Trio of Petrus: Pure, clean, and a beautiful Raveneau Clos. It really had that something special.

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