Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Les Vaillons 2009
Light-Medium Bodied, Dry, White, Chardonnay, Drink now or cellar, 13% alc.
Tasting Notes
"A deft touch of wood surrounding the white orchard fruit and honeysuckle aromas that have glimpses of oyster shell poking through. The rich, forward and relatively generous flavors possess a seductive mouth feel and excellent complexity on the dry for the vintage finish. This should age well for the medium term. Drink 2015+. 89-92 Points. Outstanding." Burghound.com
Producer
Domaine Bernard Defaix
Domaine Bernard Defaix is producing some wonderful Chablis and at remarkably good prices. The estate owns 25 ha of vineyards in Chablis of which half are premier cru and is the largest holder of the famed Côte de Lechet. Sylvain and Didier Defaix are the sons of Bernard Defaix and today run the Domaine with Didier’s wife Helene. In the vineyards a totally natural approach is adopted, with the exclusion of herbicides and pesticides. The little fertilizer used is organic compost. The wines are pure, fresh and mineral.
The 2009 and 2008 wines from this Domaine will excite lovers of the ‘classic’ style of Chablis i.e., the racy, tangy, citrus and oyster-shell noted whites, and the wines from both vintages show why Chablis can be such a great drink: all purity, freshness and texture with a screwcap keeping it that way. As Allen Meadows says (Burghound, Issue 36, October 2009): “The Defaix wines are now among the top 10 domaines in Chablis...”