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Tasting notes
Score 93/100 · Drink 2021-2040, William Kelley, Wine Advocate, Aug 2021

The most generous and demonstrative of Defaix's premiers crus in this vintage, the 2006 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillon offers up a lovely nose of clear honey, Meyer lemon, beeswax, oyster liquor and verbena. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's deep and concentrated, with tangy acids, chalky structure and a long, saline finish. This is another vintage-defying wine from this fine producer.

Critic scores

Critic scores
93
93/100

Average Score

17
17/20

Jancis Robinson MW

93
93/100

William Kelley, Wine Advocate

More reviews and scores

17 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 17/20 · Drink 2018-2032, Jancis Robinson MW, Nov 2020

Defaix calls it 'Vaillon'. Quite a rich nose and then a spread of tense green fruit spreads across the palate. The wet stones that so often characterise Chablis are subsumed here by the fruit. Masses of concentration and potential. This is just starting to unfurl. (JR)

About the producer

Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix
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Product details

Grape Blend

Chardonnay

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13%

Classification

Premier Cru

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