2007 Chablis, Les Preuses, Vincent Dauvissat (750ml)

Your Price: $130.00

Out of stock

Vintage: 2007
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chablis
Vineyard: Les Preuses
Designation: Grand Cru
Appellation: Chablis
Producer: Vincent Dauvissat (Rene & Vincent)
Varietal: Chardonnay
Type: White
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Chablis

Tasting note: Initially this is still restrained but after only 10 minutes or so it becomes quite expressive with a nose that is airy, ripe, elegant and strikingly pure as it combines plenty of Chablis character that includes sea breeze, citrus and green fruit aromas that precede the delineated and equally pure flavors of stunning depth and intensity, all wrapped in a hugely long finish. Like the nose, the minerality seems subdued at first yet arrives in a real rush on the finale. A genuinely great wine that is a study in harmony and grace as well as one that should age effortlessly for many years. I have advanced the suggested drinking window by one year as this can already be drunk with pleasure even though it is still on the way up. In a word, stunning. (94pts. Burghound)

Tasted: May 28, 2011
Score: 94
Drink: 2013+

Tasting note: Fresh and concentrated, combining elegance and power. Grapefruit, honey, floral and mineral notes have depth and balance. Just a bit hot on the finish now, but with a great oyster shell finish. Needs a year or two. (93pts. BS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: 2010
Score: 93
Drink: 2012-26

Tasting note: Early comparison of Vincent Dauvissat’s 2007 Chablis Preuses with his Les Clos is bound to flatter the former, as here is the essence of that mysteriously scallop-like, sweet, saline savor and a ravishing alliance of richness and textural creaminess with delicacy and refreshment such as you won’t often, if ever, find in another vineyard. Fresh lime, distilled herbal essences, orange oil, iris-like perfume, and honey waft from the nose; through a supremely elegant and dynamic mid-palate; to a finish that soars. No doubt 12-15 years of delight await those lucky enough to score some of this. (97pts. DS, Wine Advocate)

Tasted: Dec. 2009
Score: 97
Drink: 2009-24

Tasting note: Bright lemon-yellow. Captivating soil-driven nose offers stone fruits, flowers, chlorophyll, clove, medicinal herbs and warm stones. The palate offers lovely perfumed lift to the vibrant lemon and powdered stone flavors; magically light on its feet in spite of its underlying richness. Perhaps best today on the compellingly long, mounting finish, which leaves the mouth pulsating with mineral-driven perfume. (95+?pts. Stephen Tanzer)

Tasted: Jul./Aug. 2009
Score: 95+?
Drink: N/A