Vincent Dauvissat
La Forest Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay
Chablis, Burgundy, France
Nice young yellow canary color. Heavy in the glass. Tropical nose with notes of sea breeze, lemon, kiwi, white stones and tan spice. Glycerol and rich in the mouth. California like, but with nice Chablis nuances. I wonder how this will evolve over next 10 years. Maybe like 92’s?
Nice young yellow canary color. Heavy in the glass. Tropical nose with notes of sea breeze, lemon, kiwi, white stones and tan spice. Glycerol and rich in the mouth. California like, but with nice Chablis nuances. I wonder how this will evolve over next 10 years. Maybe like 92’s?
Jan 24th, 2023On a warm evening I was looking to serve something to start the night and this was a solid choice. Nice color with a fruit forward nose. This reminds me more of a really good CA Chardonnay than a 1er Cru bottle from Chablis, but I knew that going in. Lots of fruit, with light fine grained acidity. Went down quickly.
On a warm evening I was looking to serve something to start the night and this was a solid choice. Nice color with a fruit forward nose. This reminds me more of a really good CA Chardonnay than a 1er Cru bottle from Chablis, but I knew that going in. Lots of fruit, with light fine grained acidity. Went down quickly.
Aug 29th, 2021Heavy, straw gold. Great nose with floral and fruit notes. Plus stone pebbles, some spice and a hint of honey. Rich and powerful in the mouth. This has improved since my last bottle a few years ago and bottles like this can get better with more slumber time.
Heavy, straw gold. Great nose with floral and fruit notes. Plus stone pebbles, some spice and a hint of honey. Rich and powerful in the mouth. This has improved since my last bottle a few years ago and bottles like this can get better with more slumber time.
May 8th, 2020Back up bottle pulled because of the corked 05 Clos. Lighter color, straw gold. Side by side it makes the taint in the Clos more obvious. Notes of white flowers, quince, honeydew melon, stones, white clay and a tiny bit of honey. With adequate air this expands and gets huge. Both bottles have that sort of welcome dirtiness I find in both Dauvissat and Niellon. More subdued than the flamboyant Clos, and needs more age to reach its potential. Yet this is really good right now.
Back up bottle pulled because of the corked 05 Clos. Lighter color, straw gold. Side by side it makes the taint in the Clos more obvious. Notes of white flowers, quince, honeydew melon, stones, white clay and a tiny bit of honey. With adequate air this expands and gets huge. Both bottles have that sort of welcome dirtiness I find in both Dauvissat and Niellon. More subdued than the flamboyant Clos, and needs more age to reach its potential. Yet this is really good right now.
May 25th, 2018A delicious 05 that is ready to go very impressive and fresh still great effort for the vintage !
A delicious 05 that is ready to go very impressive and fresh still great effort for the vintage !
Feb 27th, 2017
Lovely wine. Nice nose. Clean on the palate. Nice pairing wine.
Lovely wine. Nice nose. Clean on the palate. Nice pairing wine.
Sep 13th, 2016
Typical exc. Chablis. Just great. Tertiary components on nose and palate. Round and lovely.
Typical exc. Chablis. Just great. Tertiary components on nose and palate. Round and lovely.
May 2nd, 2015
Wow! Floral and fruit in perfect balance. No elbows. Loved this
Wow! Floral and fruit in perfect balance. No elbows. Loved this
Feb 13th, 2015