2021 Chablis Vaudesir
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The 2021 Chablis Vaudésir Grand Cru comes from two parcels on the east and west of the climat. Matured in three-year-old Chassin barrels, the pure bouquet has yellow plum, Granny Smiths and sea spray aromas bursting from the glass. The palate is very well-balanced with a taut opening. Fresh and vibrant with a crisp and penetrating finish, a tang of grapefruit on the aftertaste. Vrai Grand Cru!
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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Derived from east- and west-facing parcels that were picked two days apart, Billaud's 2021 Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir offers up aromas of peach, freshly baked bread, iodine, oyster shell and vine blossom, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping palate girdled by tangy acids and concluding with a long, chalky finish.
Cask sample. Powerful and inviting aroma that reveals the finest use of oak – gently mealy and spicy, and yet the fruit shines and still shows a mineral stoniness. Remarkably complex for a young wine. Deep, firm, very long, succulent. A beautifully complete wine. Intense and tense at the same time. (JH)
About the producer
Samuel Billaud started making wine under his own name in 2009, but he is one of the most experienced producers in Chablis, having made wine in the region since 1985.