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Chablis, Vincent Dauvissat 2003

1 current tracked listing from 1 UK retailer, from £32.00.

Brand / producer	Vincent Dauvissat
Category	White
Retailer type	White Still
Vintage	2003
Region	Burgundy
Container size	750ml

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The 2003 vintage is Burgundy's great oddity — a summer so scorching it rewrote the rulebook, and nowhere was that more disorienting than Chablis, where cool-climate tension is the whole point. In Dauvissat's hands, though, 2003 produced something that has aged with surprising grace. The heat gave weight and richness where you'd normally expect razor-sharp acidity, but twenty-three years on, the wine has settled into a compelling, almost Meursault-like register: waxy, broad, and golden, with that flinty, oyster-shell mineral character Dauvissat coaxes from his old vines still very much present. Vincent Dauvissat is one of Chablis's most revered names — not for volume or showmanship, but for quiet, obsessive precision. This village-level wine punches well above its appellation, and while the drinking window is now rather narrow, what's left in good bottles is worth every moment of attention. Drink now until 2030, with something on the plate to match its richness.