{"product_id":"jean-et-sebastien-dauvissat-sechet-chablis-vaillons-premier-cru-burgundy-france-2023","title":"Jean et Sebastien Dauvissat, Sechet, Chablis Vaillons Premier Cru, Burgundy, France, 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dVRokB_w4Bg?si=6TxWwsud2sQz708R\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOverview of the Wine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJean Dauvissat, and his son Sebastien, are the most recent in an extended line of the Dauvissat family that has been in possession of this notable domaine since 1899. The cave is positioned under the family house which dates from the 17th century and where the road to the hamlet of Chichée begins. The first formal bottling of wines under the Dauvissat label occurred on a limited scale in 1963. Then, in 1978 and 1979, Jean Dauvissat increased production to 3,000 bottles per annum. The physical expansion of the domaine under his management, along with ever-increasing quality and accompanying renown, has resulted in the cessation of sales to negociants and the bottling of the entire annual production of approximately 50,000 bottles. An unfortunate accident resulted in the untimely death of Jean Dauvissat several years ago. Sebastien Dauvissat continues the work of this historic domaine in collaboration with Evelyne Dauvissat, Jean’s wife. The domaine encompasses slightly less than 10 hectares of vineyards. The Grand Cru vineyards are south-facing; the 1er Cru vineyards have a full southeast exposure; and the village property faces northwest. All are hillside sites with an “argilo-calcaire” soil composition heavily marked by small stones that provide for excellent drainage. Of course, the entire vineyard surface is underlain by the Kimmeridgian limestone that makes Chablis one of the most unique wine-producing areas in the world. Harvest levels vary extensively according to age of vines and vintage conditions. Levels for the village wine may reach 60 hectoliters per hectare in particularly generous years whereas the 1er Cru vineyards usually yield approximately 45 to 50 hectoliters per hectare. However, the old vines section of Vaillons (composed in large part of vineyards in excess of 65 years of age) frequently yields less than 25 hectoliters per hectare. The other vineyards are planted to vines between 20 and 40 years of age. The cellars of the Dauvissat domaine are equipped with the most modern materials. Fermentation and elevage of the village and premier cru wines occurs for the most part in stainless steel. The old vines cuvee of Vaillons and the Les Preuses are partially barrel fermented and barrel aged with about 25% of the oak being new. The wines are traditionally bottled 18 to 20 months after harvest. On occasion, certain of the other 1er Crus may pass part of the elevage in barrel as well, particularly when harvest levels are low.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinemaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSebastien Dauvissat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrape \/ Blend\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eChardonnay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBurgundy, France\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinemaker's Tasting Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWell exposed in the middle of the hillsides, this location is favourable to the ripening of the grapes and generally produces supple and open wines from a young age.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a perfect accompaniment to lobsters, scampi, scallops, sea and river fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_rating\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wineRatings_rating\"\u003e95 Points - Wine Advocate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003eThe 2023 Chablis 1er Cru Séchet, from a small parcel within Vaillons where hard limestone lies close to the surface, is a considerable success and quite distinct from a typical Vaillons. Offering notes of green apples, white flowers and oyster shell, it’s medium-bodied, with racy acidity, superb intensity and tension and a long, strikingly chalky finish. This comes warmly recommended and stands as the finest interpretation of this climat. Vincent Dauvissat is one of the greatest vignerons in France, producing some of the most soulful wines not just in Chablis but across the entire Burgundy region. Dauvissat, who once considered a career as a shepherd, ultimately became a vigneron and, though technically retired, remains a vital presence at his eponymous domaine. His personality, both meditative and meticulous, is reflected in his wines, which, provided the cork holds well, are incredibly long-lived.(KK)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_rating\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wineRatings_rating\"\u003e93 Points - Decanter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003eThis premier cru (spelled 'Secher' elsewhere) is something of a speciality for Dauvissat, who owns 0.80ha in the lieu-dit, which forms part of the large Vaillons umbrella appellation on the left bank of the Serein. In Dauvissat's hands it gives a wine of great elegance, with slightly exotic notes of passion fruit and tamarind, yet there is rewarding richness, density, and the supple texture that hints that it will only improve with age.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_rating\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wineRatings_rating\"\u003e93 Points - John Gilman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003eThe 2023 Chablis “Séchet” from Domaine Dauvissat is absolutely outstanding. The wine comes in at an even thirteen percent and deliver superb precision on both the nose and palate. The bouquet is pure and complex, offering up scents of lemon, pear, a fine base of chalky minerality, a touch of oyster shell, citrus zest, white flowers and a gentle framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and racy, with superb depth at the core, excellent mineral drive and cut, lovely balance and a long, still youthfully reserved and classy finish. This may just be a bit more reserved today due to its bottling ten days ago, but in any case, it would still make sense to give it at least a handful of years in the cellar to allow its secondary layers of complexity to emerge. 2028-2060+\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_rating\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wineRatings_rating\"\u003e92 Points - Jasper Morris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003ePale colour with a light lemon centre, a dry white fruit om the nose. Just a little more flesh on the bones here, almost perfumed but stops short of honeysuckle. The lickable stones of this type of left bank 1er Cru follow. Drink from 2028-2036. Tasted Jun 2024.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_rating\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wineRatings_rating\"\u003e92 Points - Vinous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003eThe 2023 Chablis Les Séchets 1er Cru has a refined and pure bouquet, with scents of acacia honey, yellow plum and hints of vanilla, all gaining intensity with aeration. The palate is very well balanced, plenty of weight and rondeur, lightly spiced with a hint of lanolin toward the finish. A little more powerful than the Fôrets, it should give a decade of drinking pleasure.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_rating\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wineRatings_rating\"\u003e92 Points - Burghound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipProfessionalReviews_review\"\u003eOnce again there is an airy quality to the wafting aromas of petrol, quinine, shellfish and lemon confit. The medium-bodied flavors also possess fine volume and a gorgeous texture before concluding in a stony, clean, dry and more complex finale, even though this too would benefit from better overall depth.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pipSecContent_copy\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduct size: 750ml\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elevage Wine Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53351702430001,"sku":null,"price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/0441\/0666\/files\/Jean_et_Sebastien_Dauvissat_Sechet_Chablis_Vaillons_Premier_Cru_Burgundy_France_2023_956220ee-6b26-4c93-87a7-28aca722047e.jpg?v=1774355236","url":"https:\/\/merchantofwine.com\/products\/jean-et-sebastien-dauvissat-sechet-chablis-vaillons-premier-cru-burgundy-france-2023","provider":"Merchant of Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}