Robert Parker''s Wine Advocate 30/10/2008 The Raveneau 2006 Chablis La Foret – from young vines – possesses deep cherry and succulent peach fruit, wafting floral perfume and a lovely counterpoint between refreshing pink grapefruit citricity and creaminess of texture. (Raveneau doesn’t believe in a lot of lees-contact, so that is not whence this creaminess comes.) Ravishingly pure, lip-smackingly luscious finishing fruit and subtle nut oils prove irresistible even if it this is one Chablis – in terms of descriptors anyway – that’s not about “minerals” and will probably be best enjoyed over the next 3-5 years. Bernard Raveneau is an unabashed partisan of his 2005s – and no wonder, based on the subset of those that I tasted, including a magnificent Valmur which he rightly terms “complete” and “close to his ideal.” Raveneau is less effusive in praise of his 2006s – each of which I tasted from a selection of barrels – opining that lavish fruit and richness are precisely this collection’s fortes. I think he underestimates the depth of his own 2006s, and only hope I have opportunity to revisit some of them in five or ten years. ()
An expressive nose of overly exotic ripe yellow fruit and iodine hints leads to racy and pure medium weight flavors that offer good vivacity if limited complexity at this early point. There is lovely fruit fashioned in a style that I suspect will drink well early and hold over a decade and the material is certainly here for the depth to develop with a few years of bottle age.
Pale yellow. Exotic aromas of ripe peach and acacia flower. Sweet, full and creamy-rich, with broad flavors of peach and spices. Not a particularly gripping or classic style of Chablis but boasts excellent length.
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