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Agnès et Didier Dauvissat, Chablis Premier Cru, Beauroy

Burgundy, France 2014 (750mL)
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Agnès et Didier Dauvissat, Chablis Premier Cru, Beauroy

When a wine obliterates all my expectations, it is our goal to acquire as much as we can to offer to you. Such is the case with this Premier Cru Chablis.
This wine is derived from the Premier Cru of Beauroy in Chablis and is crafted by Didier Dauvissat, a producer I’ve never heard of. Although, as many Chablis lovers will know, the Dauvissat name is associated with many of the region’s greatest wines. After further investigation, we found out that this talented maestro is an incredibly small, locally celebrated producer, whose wines rarely get to our shores. We were only able to get a painfully small amount of this 2014 Didier Dauvissat, Beauroy, Premier Cru and it will sell out quickly.
The great appellation of Chablis is designated into four quality levels, determined by location, soil, and exposure of the vineyard site. These levels, in ascending order, are indicated on the label as: Petit Chablis, Village, Premier Cru or Grand Cru. Of all the individual vineyards in the Chablis region, the French government has determined 79 sites garner the title of Premier Cru, although many of the lesser known sites are bottled under 17 better known Premier Cru names. Today’s wine brings us to one of those elite, Premier Cru vineyard sites, Beauroy. Situated on the left bank of the River Serein, Dauvissat’s parcel of the Beauroy Premier Cru faces Lake Beines, which lends the wine ample finesse and incredibly concentrated fruit. The 30-year-old vines are rooted in chalk and Kimmeridgian limestone.
 
The Dauvissat family only produces 500 cases of this stunning Premier Cru wine. Farmed lutte raisonnée, which translates to, “reasoned fight,” and entails organic farming practices unless an emergency arises, the resulting fruit is full of life and terroir-driven energy. The wines are aged for 6-12 months on their fine lees in climate-controlled stainless steel where they undergo fermentation, malolactic fermentation and are climate controlled. They are then very lightly filtered and fined prior to bottling and deliver a stunning expression of Premier Cru Chablis at a price point that is practically without rival. While I would personally love to stock my own cellar with cases of this beauty, sadly, there is simply not enough to do so. 
 
The 2014 Beauroy displays a highly concentrated light golden core with green and gold reflections on the rim. The lively nose is concentrated with aromas of fresh white peach pit, yellow apple, bosc pear and salt preserved lemons over crushed hazelnut, a bed of acacia blooms, wet chalk, and abundant oyster shells. The palate is medium-plus in body with beautiful creaminess and a depth of flavor that reveals a complex sensory journey of green plum, yellow apple, white peach, crushed nuts, lemon verbena, and finely crushed stones, which concludes in a tantalizing finish that seems to linger for minutes. Oxygen and proper service temperature is key when serving this wine. Ideally, decant for 30-45 minutes and serve at 50-55 degrees in Burgundy stems. For a pairing that will dazzle the sense, serve this wine alongside miso-glazed Black Cod with bok choy.

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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

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Southwestern France

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Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

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The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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