Reviews & Scores
A gorgeously fresh and instantly recognizable nose reflects clear Chablis characters that include mineral reduction, oyster shell, sea breeze and discreet notes of iodine. The Chablis character continues onto the chiseled, intense and stony middle weight flavors that possess strikingly good focus and punch before culminating in a balanced and explosively long finish. This is a stunner of a wine and still very much on the way up. - BH
BH94June 2015
On the lean side, focused and intense, this white offers more mineral and chalk elements than lemony fruit. That said, this is balanced between fruit, mineral, structural and textural components, showing tremendous dry extract and a long finish. (BS) - WS
WS95June 2010
Like this year’s La Forest, Dauvissat’s 2007 Chablis Les Clos seems palpably stony and chalky, yet boasts considerable gloss. It also displays a mollusk broth like dimension, here allied to sense of weight and sheer extract that none of the premier crus in this collection can claim. Hints of lanolin and vanilla make one aware of the barrel presence, and a toasted nut element helps lend a sense of richness as well as piquancy to what is otherwise a decidedly mineral-dominated as well as formidably long finish. It’s hard to imagine this (by Dauvissat’s own admission) massively dense wine ever achieving the elegance or mystery of the La Forest -- let’s see in a few years -- but as an expression of Kimmeridgian essence, it’s quite an achievement, and one sure to merit a dozen or more years’ attention. (DS) - WA
WA95December 2009
The 2007 Les Clos from Vincent Dauvissat is another timeless monument in the making. The bouquet is closed and bottomless, as it offers up scents of apple, lime, grapefruit zest, a touch of Chablisienne hay and a kaleidoscope of minerality that runs the gambit from wet stones to crystalline minerals to intense flinty notes. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and very intensely flavored, with brilliant mid-palate depth, bracing acidity, laser-like focus and simply awesome cut and grip on the very, very long and soil-driven finish. Profound Clos. - JG
JG98February 2009