Vincent Dauvissat

La Forest Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2015

Douglas Braun

9.2

2015 -Vintage- Meyer lemon, lime zest, Stoney, oily texture, custard medium plus acidity — 6 days ago

with Mark

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Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2011

Alan Weinberg

9.4

Creamy thick lemon fruit with good acidity. — 6 days ago

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Domaine Armand Rousseau

Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2012

Ron Siegel

9.5

Pair of 12’s with the Rousseau showing more finesse & floral than the Roumier that will need more time — 6 days ago

Somm, Jonathan and 12 others liked this

Comte Armand

Clos des Epeneaux Monopole Pommard 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2012

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Quite a deep colour , deep garnet , with a medium wide garnet rim . Needs time to open , quite discreet but quite deep and dark on the nose , with some blackberry tinged , liquorice , dark cherry , earthy sous bois . This opens up after a while to show more floral influences, lighter , redder fruits . On the palate this is quite dense , with a blackberry , dark cherry hint , earthy , mineral with quite grippy tannins . Good volume and density . Balanced acidity and earthy , mineral tinged finish. This needs time and improved quite a lot with air but really needs a few more years in the cellar , maybe come back in 5 years and will last well at least another 10. Promising . — 22 days ago

Dave, Tom and 6 others liked this

Domaine François Raveneau

Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 1988

Doug Powers

9.5

Cork broke in half (actually 6-7 pieces), initially some “old cork” flavors show through, yet after 5 minutes in the glass those dissipate and we’re left with a lovely aged Raveneau with mature fruit, some lemon and mineral notes as well, very nice complexity and length, I’ve always been very lucky aging my Raveneau, this is clearly a success (shaky cork notwithstanding)! — a day ago

with Jim

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Dave

Sounds ok to me!!!

Tom Casagrande

Wow! So cool. I have ZERO experience with Raveneau and ZERO Raveneaus in my cellar. ☹️ so your advice is purely of a hypothetical nature for me. (I’ve been lucky enough to have a few Dauvissats, however.) Did you use a Durand corkscrew? I use that with any 20 year or older bottle. Essential.

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, I did not, but the cork broke into so many pieces that I don’t think what cork puller I used mattered (shrug)!