{"product_id":"2008-dauvissat-chablis-1er-la-forest","title":"Vincent Dauvissat Chablis 1er Cru “La Forest” 2008","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"-2\"\u003eAllen Meadows' Burghound, October 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"\u003eIn contrast to the prior's wine inexpressiveness, here the nose explodes from the glass, combining notes of lemon peel, Chablis-style green fruit and oyster shell nuances that can also be found on the rich, energetic and highly intense flavors that are powerful and \u003cb\u003ealmost painfully intense on the extremely dry finish.\u003c\/b\u003e I really like the balance and overall sense of underlying tension. This should be great in time. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e93 Points and Outstanding!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProducer note:\u003c\/b\u003e The always direct Vincent Dauvissat candidly calls 2008 a vintage where the\"maturities occurred by evaporation due to the strong north wind. There was almost no chaptalization as sugars were between 12 and 13% andthe wines don't need any more than that. Acids were excellent thoughyields were down somewhat, in any event certainly lower than in 2007. Ilike the vintage and it reminds me a bit of 2002 though it's much too earlyto say anything definitively.\" Except for the two wines from 2008reviewed below, the other five were in the middle of their malos and thuswill not be evaluated until next year.\u003cbr\u003e The Dauvissat 2007s, as the scores and commentaries suggest, arebrilliant across the board, particularly at the \u003ci\u003egrand cru\u003c\/i\u003e levelthough the La Forst and Vaillons absolutely merit your attention as well. Note: Because I often get this question I will add that theDauvissat-Camus wines are 100% identical to those that appear under theVincent Dauvissat labe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"-2\"\u003eJohn Gilman's View from the Cellar, Nov\/Dec 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\"\u003eThe 2008 La Forest is also fantastic. \u003cb\u003eThe stunning nose offers up a superb mlange of lime, green apple, orange, complex, flinty soil tones, citrus blossoms and a bit of wet stone as well to just bang up the expression of minerality to fever pitch.\u003c\/b\u003e On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rapier-like in its focus, wit a rock solid core, brisk acids and stunning length and grip on the electric finish. \u003cb\u003eMagical wine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e93+ Points.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vins Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46037326233839,"sku":"2771","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7140\/9135\/files\/dauvissat_laforest2014-LBL_71010cb4-f6f0-48cb-9ccf-afea9412e67f.png?v=1772598500","url":"https:\/\/vinsrare.com\/products\/2008-dauvissat-chablis-1er-la-forest","provider":"Vins Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}