2011 Domaine Vincent Dauvissat Chablis Grand Cru "Les Clos"

“The 2011 les Clos from Domaine Dauvissat is a bit more reserved than the utterly suave les Preuses from this vintage, but its inherent quality is every bit as easy to read. The deep and stunning nose offers up a youthful mix of pink grapefruit, green apple, complex, very flinty minerality, a touch of hay, orange zest and a gentle base of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and nascently complex, with great purity and focus, glorious mid-palate depth and brilliant length and grip on the snappy and still quite primary finish. A great wine in the making. Drink between 2018-2045.” (12/2012)

“Pale yellow. Bracing aromas of lemon, ginger, chalk and spices. At once dense and penetrating, with outstanding citric cut to the complex, slightly high-toned flavors of lemon zest, white pepper, minerals and subtle resiny spices. Here, too, the wine's intense chalky character gives it an impression of stronger acidity than the numbers would suggest. Boasts terrific fruit intensity, and the wonderfully precise finish goes on and on. A great showing today, and one of the superstars of the vintage. (ST)” (07/2013)

“Vincent Dauvissat's 2011 Chablis Les Clos smells strikingly maritime in its evocations of sea breeze, kelp, driftwood, clam stock and crustacean shell reduction. And if those scents don-t get your salivary glands pumping then their palate transmigration onto a fleshy yet buoyant and refreshing palate is bound to do the trick. This finishes with impressive sheer persistence, and if it doesn't display quite the transparency or energy that one meets with from Les Clos at its best, I would urge those lucky enough to be able to acquire some to follow bottles through at least 2020 as I am sure the wine will yet have more to say for itself. (DS)” (08/2013)

“The 2011 Chablis Les Clos is especially massive in this vintage. Rich, voluptuous and enveloping, the 2011 wraps around the palate with a crescendo of aromas and flavors supported by equally imposing structure. The style is quite powerful. It will be interesting to see if more Clos finesse develops over time. (AG)” (08/2013)

“This is also highly perfumed with a pronounced floral component dominating the other aromas that are composed of citrus, seaweed, iodine and mineral reduction while leaving no doubt that this could be nothing other than Chablis. There is excellent size, weight and muscle to the overtly powerful and well-concentrated flavors that exude a fine minerality on the extract rich finish.” (10/2013)