Jay Kline

9.5

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of three days. Great on Day 1 and even better on Day 3. The 2023 Montmains pours a pale straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with bright, powerful notes of green apple, passion fruit, freshly struck match, lemon oil, white tree flowers, and limestone minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long, floral and mineral laden with a silky texture. Simply fabulous. Drink now with patience through 2038. 4300 bottles made. Thanks for the assist @Lyle Fass — 3 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

N lemon floor wax
P rich.

Fass selections — 3 months ago

Doug Powers

9.1

Young, fresh, still quite primary fruit in this younger 1er Cru Vaillons, some tart lemon acidity, some fine minerality, a floral note as well, medium-long finish, needs a little more aging (2-4 years?) for my palate, but very, very nice!! — 4 months ago

with Jim and

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Finally got myself a bottle of one of the rarest wines I import. Only got an allocation in 18 for the first time. Anyway this is an insane bottle of Chablis. It’s basically Fabien’s Grand Cru. Nose is spicy and mineral. Sea water, hint of discreet wood. So salty. Nose is so classic and the most ethereal of the Dauvissat wines. Wow, the palate is so intense and explosive. Awesome minerality and electricity. Juicy and so pure. Backwards and will need air. So much sap and dry extract. Lime echo on the finish. So so long. Awesome power, majesty and density. What grip. What an intense wine. The length is crazy. — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

Absolute freak show. Nose is pure grand Chablis: seashells, saline, crushed stone, a little fat, then this insane confectionary stony thing, like somehow he made candy out of rocks. Inner-mouth confectionary aromas, crazy acidity, mouthwatering seashell minerality, opulence from 2023 but total clarity and poise. The finish is huge and electric. Too young, but genius wine. — 15 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Killer nose: stanky, lemony, green apple, with so much soil, stone, Kimmeridgian oyster-bed character and Chablis soul. The mouthfeel is the whole story here. Rich, juicy, opulent and hedonistic in texture, but absolutely alive, with real voltage underneath. Deep, layered, mouthwatering and beautifully mineral, with that classic oyster-shell salinity running through the fruit. A basic Chablis only in name. This has serious depth, energy and texture. — a month ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Lovely aged 1er Cru Chablis, still quite fresh and lively, great fruit and complexity, lots of balancing acidity, I think the 2014 Cote de Lechet might be the top 2014 1er Cru, but this is darn good as well, long finish, “weird” perception on my palate, but I definitely perceived a subtle, yet distinct, “toasted coconut” note at one point (common in the beer pastry stout arena)!! — 4 months ago

with Jim and

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose: fleshy yellow fruits mineral.

Palate: elegantly tropical.

Fass selections. — 2 years ago

Doug Powers

9.2

Lemon citrus, mineral, very effusive salinity as well, crisp, clean, refreshing, complex and long, lingering finish, terrific young Chablis!! — a month ago

with Jim

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

What a nose. Meyer lemon turned up to impossible levels, simultaneously sweet, savory, fleshy, and vibrant, with that beautiful Chablis combination of generosity and restraint. A little gras, a little oyster shell, a little sea breeze, and a deep mineral undercurrent that never stops humming beneath the fruit. High-toned and expressive, filling the upper register of the nose while remaining unmistakably Chablis.

The palate is ripe, juicy, and wonderfully opulent for Chablis, carrying all the sunshine of the vintage, but the finish is where the magic happens. Just when the wine seems ready to settle into richness, the Chablis razors arrive. Electricity. Salt. Stone. Precision. The acidity slices clean through the fruit and leaves behind wave after wave of mineral complexity. Generous yet focused, hedonistic yet disciplined, with remarkable energy and persistence. A beautiful expression of 2023 and another reminder of how brilliantly Fabien Dauvissat handles warm vintages.

Retasted the following morning, the wine gained precision and focus. The generous texture remained, but the fruit stepped back and the mineral structure moved forward. Crystalline purity, remarkable concentration, and a gripping finish revealed themselves more clearly with air. The palate retains an almost icing-like texture that clings to the gums, but now sits within a fresher, more tightly wound frame. The overnight evolution pushed this from 9.4 to 9.5 territory. — a month ago

Daniel Bloom

9.3

I heartily agree with Lyle’s review.
Delicious w Oysters 🦪 Mosca.
Umami Bomba!
Thanks @Fass Selections — 6 months ago

with Sarah

Ely Cohn

9.2

Tight with a smirky smile. Gun powder and smoke unfolds into lemon vanilla, pear, coconut shavings, a little personality. — 8 months ago

Marcelo Freddi

9.0

Muito bom. Saúde. — 11 years ago

with Daniel