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2020 Chablis 1er Cru La Forest, Vincent Dauvissat

2020 Chablis 1er Cru La Forest, Vincent Dauvissat

Chablis, Burgundy, France

Chalk Majesty

This is Chablis royalty: one of the great Premier Cru bottlings from one of the most revered names in white Burgundy. La Forest has all the Dauvissat hallmarks: citrus precision, oyster-shell minerality, quiet power and the kind of tension that feels carved rather than made. It opens with lemon peel, crisp pear, green apple and white peach, then deepens into orange oil, fresh bread, smoke, wet stone and a faint honeyed edge.

The palate is taut, concentrated and beautifully controlled, with racy acidity running through layers of orchard fruit, citrus, chalk and saline mineral depth. There is texture here, but no heaviness. The wine feels coiled, serious and long, with a finish that is all sea spray, stone and slow-building intensity. Already magnificent, but this is really a bottle for the cellar or a very special table.

For when you want Chablis at its most precise, famous and quietly thrilling.
Pairs with oysters, crab, lobster, turbot, scallops, roast chicken, Comté, or gougères before dinner.
If this wine were… a building, it would be a limestone chapel by the sea: austere, beautiful and built to last.

Vincent Dauvissat is one of the defining names of Chablis, a tiny, fiercely sought-after domaine whose wines have become benchmarks for finesse, longevity and mineral precision. The family has been growing vines in Chablis for generations, with bottling under the family name beginning in 1931. La Forest is the domaine’s most important Premier Cru holding, 3.7 hectares within Forêts, part of the wider Montmains sector, and is always bottled separately under Dauvissat’s historic spelling. With meticulous vineyard work, subtle old-oak élevage and a style built on patience rather than show, Dauvissat remains one of the great touchstones for ageworthy white Burgundy.

Whats in the bottle
100% Chardonnay

Notable Awards
95 points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate | 95 points, Andy Howard MW, Decanter.

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Domaine Vincent Dauvissat is one of the great reference points of Chablis, a producer whose reputation rests not on fashion or volume, but on quiet consistency, old vines and an almost instinctive understanding of place. The family has been rooted in Chablis for generations, and today the domaine is regarded as one of the region’s true benchmarks, producing wines that capture the essence of Kimmeridgian limestone with remarkable clarity and longevity. Whether from Petit Chablis, village sites or the grandest crus, there is a signature here, restraint, precision and a deep mineral calm.

In the vineyard, the approach is thoughtful and exacting, with an emphasis on low yields, healthy fruit and respect for the natural balance of each site. In the cellar, winemaking is traditional and understated. Fermentation and élevage take place largely in older oak, used not to flavour the wine, but to give it shape, texture and the ability to age gracefully. The result is Chablis that never feels forced or overly polished, wines that begin life taut and saline, then unfurl over time into something layered, savoury and hauntingly complex.

What makes Dauvissat so admired is this sense of understatement. These are not wines built to impress in the loudest way, but to endure, evolve and reveal themselves slowly. They have become some of the most sought-after bottles in Chablis because they offer something increasingly rare, authenticity without compromise. Even the domaine’s Petit Chablis carries that same philosophy, delivering a purer, more immediate glimpse into one of Burgundy’s most revered addresses.