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From the cellar: Vignoble Dampt Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru 2010

January 6, 2017

I opened this on Vignoble Dampt Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru 2010 on Christmas Day with high hopes. Preuses is one of my favourite Grand Cru, and all the ’10 Dampt Freres wines were drinkable at the least when tasted about 3 years back.

In retrospect, that I paid just €25 direct from the cellar is pure madness. The sort of madness that makes you want to travel to Chablis just to drink all the wine. Right now.

Dampt Freres Les Preuses Chablis Grand Cru 2010

This is in a pretty good place too. I’m not convinced this was the best bottle – the colour was a little more golden than expected – but the Chablis character was strong in this one. Think lanolin, wood wall and the odd hint of mothball with lots of double cream richness. The palate is more diffuse than you’d really want, but it’s expansive, tangy and long.

I really should have bought more at that price…

Best drinking: 2017-2020. 17.5/20, 91/100. 13.5%. Would I buy it? At the direct price, absolutely. For the $110 local price? Nup.

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  • About me – Andrew Graham


    At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.

    Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.

    While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.

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