Domaine Billaud Simon, Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2006
Light-Medium Bodied, Dry, White, Chardonnay, Drink now or cellar, 12.5% alc.
Tasting Notes
There is an intense bouquet of citrus and lively acidity in this wine. It is soft and delicate with a long pure finish, and it will develop beautifully over time.
“The wines of 2006 are very tender and rich with excellent maturity…”
Tasting note: A pungent mix of exotic fruit, citrus notes and floral aromas precedes the racy yet relatively dense flavors that possess good dry extract as there is a real sense of volume here as well culminating in a sweet but complex finish. It's rare for Séchet to produce wines of finesse yet this is one such example.
(90 Points - Drink 2010+ Allen Meadows - Burghound)
Producer
Domaine Billaud Simon
Bernard Billaud and his nephew Samuel produce some of the very best examples of Chablis today. The domaine has 20 hectares of vines in some of the best sites in the appellation, including the Premiers Crus, Mont de Millieu and Vaillons and the Grands Crus, Blanchot, Les Clos and Les Preuses.
In 1991 Billaud-Simon built a new state-of-the-art winery, equipped with numerous temperature-controlled, stainless steel vats. Previously the domaine had glass-lined, steel tanks, which were difficult to keep cool during fermentation. The majority of the domaine`s wines see no oak at all, with the aim being to produce Chablis of elegance, purity, balance and freshness.
These are crisp, mineral-laden wines that are superb examples of modern style, unoaked Chablis. They are delicious when young, yet age beautifully as well.