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Post Subject: Good for you.Posted by de charlus on: 8/11/2013

Yes, anything from Raveneau for $70 is a bargain. In addition, his 09s are spectacular - unlike most others - meaning that they're underpriced due to the vintage's bad reputation. Furthermore, anyone tasting the close-knit, incredibly intense purity of these wines would know in an instant that where most 09 Chablis would indeed be "over the hill" fairly soon, Raveneau and Dauvissat wines would still have considerable development ahead of them. I think that the prices for these Chablis will eventually catch up with their more auspicious, "-Montrachet" brethren, and no longer be the relative bargains that they are now. Also, in good vintages there are few white Burgundies as age-worthy as the Raveneau Montee de Tonnerre and Dauvissat Le Clos and Les Forets; I have some 05s and 07s in the cellar that I'm intending to age for 15 or so years, sampling a bottle every couple - it will be very interesting and, I believe, have excellent results. I wouldn't expect to see a 10-15 year old Raveneau Chablis even at auction; I certainly don't recall having done so. These wines have an almost Mosel-Riesling-like mineral purity that makes me think that they will age with similar grace; although that's not an entirely rational supposition, experience supports the notion.

de Charlus

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