Prefer the old site?Launch →

Caves Jean et Sébastien Dauvissat

I asked Sebastien Dauvissat why he now calls his operation "Caves" rather than "Domaine," wondering whether he had started to supplement his production with purchased fruit. It turns out that he felt everyone uses "Domaine" and he just wanted to be different. Dauvissat also had his own take on the 2008 vintage in Chablis, describing the wines as very perfumed. "We haven't had floral aromas like this since 2003," he told me, adding that "our acidity is softened by the buffering extract provided by our older vines." Although he finds the 2008s "more agreeable today" than the 2007s, he considers the earlier set of wines to be more refreshing. Dauvissat did a more serious debourbage in 2008 due to a bit of rot, then had to warm the cellars to get the malos to finish in March due to the very cold winter. Dauvissat bottles at his own pace: with a couple of exceptions, the 2007s won't be finished until this July. And I noticed that he's currently offering '99 magnums to visitors to the estate-a good indication that he believes his wines evolve in bottle at a leisurely pace. I asked Dauvissat which vintages he's currently drinking at home and he mentioned the 1989 Preuses. "I don't drink young wines except in my work," he told me, before showing me two penetrating and stunningly fresh examples of his 1996 Vaillons, first from a regular bottle and then from a jeroboam.

From Chablis 2008 and 2007 (Jul 2009) by Stephen Tanzer

Reviews

Wines

Sort by default

2007 Chablis Saint-Pierre

Color: White

Subscriber Access Only

or Sign Up

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae aliquam odio. Aliquam purus diam, tempor et consectetur vitae, eleifend ac quam. Proin nec mauris ac odio iaculis semper. Integer posuere pharetra aliquet. Nullam tincidunt sagittis est in maximus. Donec sem orci, vulputate ac quam non, consectetur fermentum diam. In dignissim magna id orci dignissim convallis. Integer sit amet placerat dui. Aliquam pharetra ornare nulla at vulputate. Sed dictum, mi eget fringilla lacinia, nisl tortor condimentum mi, vitae ultrices quam diam ac neque. Donec hendrerit vulputate felis, fringilla varius massa.

- By Author Name on Month Date, Year