2011 Domaine Raveneau Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru
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This is not my first encounter with the 2011 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru, and I hope it is not my last. This was a slightly different iteration from previous bottles, as I felt there was more of a reductive element on both the nose and the palate. The former offers green apples and crushed stones like before, but you cannot avoid the struck-match element that could be overpowering and detract from the terroir for some. The palate is intense with a superb line of acidity, notes of mandarin and a touch of mint towards the waxy-textured finish. Excellent. But I'm docking a point or two because of that reduction. Tasted at the Pomerol 1961 dinner in Hong Kong.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
David Schildknecht, Vinous
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The 2011 Chablis Grand Cru Clos is showing very well, wafting from the glass with a delicate bouquet of ripe lemons, oatmeal, beeswax and chamomile, framed by a light touch of reduction. Full-bodied, satiny and muscular, it's vibrant but open-knit and expressive for a young Raveneau Clos, with fine depth at the core and a long, mineral finish.
The 2011 Chablis Les Clos Grand Cru is as impressive as the 2010. The intense, multi-faceted nose presents apple blossom, granite, Williams pear and vervain tea aromas; you feel as if each scent is unwrapped by aeration, one by one. The palate is perfectly balanced with a taut line of acidity, quite stoic and flinty at first and then mellowing with time. It finds its groove and develops divine mandarin and saline notes on the finish. I might cellar this until it is 10 years old.
Deep gold. Mealy and thick and fresh. Juicy and gorgeous. Pure and fresh and minerally smoky. (JR)