Chablis – Raveneau v Dauvissat

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The first of three articles about particularly senior white wines. Top Chablis from 1971 to 2011 tasted selflessly at the end of a long day. See also Tyrrell's prove longevity and When is Riesling ready?

What does the wine lover seek after a day spent tasting young red wine? Some old white, of course! 

Thus it was that a dinner devoted to mature Chablis was the ideal antidote to last month’s UGC tasting of 2016 bordeaux. Wine enthusiast Thomas De Waen, organiser of similar dinners at which we have enjoyed mature beaujolaissenior dry white bordeauxold...