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Chablis 1er Cru La Forest 2011 Dauvissat
The 2011 Chablis 1er Cru La Forest is a fine Burgundy wine produced by Dauvissat. The Chardonnay grapes come from the 1er Cru La Forest vineyard.
This is Forest with an extraordinary amount of aristocratic breeding. Of course, this should come as no surprise. Chablis can share the stage with the best wines in the world, and this status is largely thanks to the efforts of Dauvissat and Raveneau.
It’s not like we need another example of Dauvissat’s skill, but the 2011 Forest announces his mastery in a profound way. When everything is said and done, Dauvissat is likely to stand out as the producer who best harnessed the 2011.
At a price that’s half the grand crus, many knowledgeable observers regard La Forest as a near-equal, regularly achieving grand cru levels of expressiveness, depth and complexity.
Dauvissat produces three other premier crus—Sechet, Vaillons and Montmains—and they are among Chablis’ best. But as fine as they are, La Forest combines a rounder, more honeyed texture with deeper aromas and flavors. This enables the wine to reach a degree of weight and complexity typically found only in the best grand crus. There is also a pronounced forest floor characteristic with an anise seed nuance that comes with age; this, too, is an expression of the great La Forest terroir.
DESIGNATION: Chablis 1er Cru AOC
REGION: Burgundy (France)
GRAPES: 100% Chardonnay
WINE-MAKING: pressing and settling of the must, slow fermentation at low temperature in cement tanks, where the wine remains until after the malolactic fermentation (about one year), then it is transferred into oak barrels.
