2006 Chablis Vaillons
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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.
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93
93/100
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17
17/20
Jancis Robinson MW
93
93/100
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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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)
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Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix
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