2015 CHABLIS Grand Cru Les Clos Domaine Vincent Dauvissat, Lea & Sandeman

CHABLIS

2023 Grand Cru Les Clos Domaine Vincent Dauvissat

Grapes Chardonnay
Colour White
Origin France, Burgundy
District Chablis
Classification Grand Cru
ABV 13%
Vineyard Les Clos

Much like the Les Preuses, the Les Clos was quite restrained when we tasted it. Required a bit of coaxing and those textbook characteristics started to come through. Ripe lemon, orchard fruits, oyster shell. A touch of flint too. Good levels of ripeness. Powerful wine but maintains that Chablis-esque elegance. A sensational effort. L&S (Dec 2024)


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(from 3 different parcels of 50+ year old vines that total 1.0 ha). A cool and restrained nose is comprised by the essence of wet stone, white flower, citrus confit, oyster shell and an unusual hint of resin. The sleek and almost painfully intense larger-bodied yet still refined flavors are akin to rolling a small pebble around the mouth, all wrapped in a hugely long, balanced and youthfully austere finale. Like the Preuses, this is a wine that should effortlessly reward a decade plus of keeping. Moreover, it is one of the wines of the 2023 vintage Drinking range: 2033 - Rating: 93-95 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Oct 2024)

A little more yellow in the colour. Equal quality, less exuberance. On the palate this is very complete, a slight spicy biscuit to finish, not as flamboyant. But solid and fine. Not quite as much excitement at the finish as Les Preuses, but more spices. Drinking range: 2030 - 2040 Rating: **** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Jun 2023)

Domaine Vincent Dauvissat

A domaine of 12.7 hectares, comprising a hectare each of the Grands Crus Clos and Preuses, 3.7ha of Premier Cru Forest, 1.3ha of Vaillons, 0.4ha of Séchet, .3ha of Montée de Tonnerre, 3.3ha of Chablis, 1.1ha of Petit Chablis, and .6ha of Irancy (red).

Vincent Dauvissat remains one of the (if not the) leading lights of Chablis, and his wines are always in high demand and limited volume.

Vincent's grandfather Robert was the first to start bottling under the family name in 1931 and Vincent uses the same cellar today - but the family have been growing grapes here since the 18th century. Today his single-minded determination in the vineyard, where he follows biodynamic principles (without certification) followed by very subtle use of old oak barrels as part of a long élevage, produce some of Chablis' most age-worthy and fascinating wines.

Vincent advises drinking the Grands Crus either young, (within the first three years) or after 10 years when they are becoming fully evolved. Serve at 13C, so that the wine will warm up to about 15C before tasting - any colder masks the subtleties. He prefers to serve the wine directly in glasses rather than decanting it, so as not to miss the first nose and its evolution - with an old wine he advises simply smelling this evolution over the first half an hour before tasting.

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