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LobsterDefaix Chablis Premier Cru Vaillon
Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix
Chablis Premier Cru AOC, Burgundy
Iron in the soil. Texture in the glass.
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What to eat with it
Two dishes that work with this wine, two flavours you'll notice, and the right temperature to pour it. No wine-speak.
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Profile
Occasion
Grape
Chardonnay
ABV
13%
Temp
12–14°C
Drink
2026–2030
Bottle
75 cl
Why it's on our shelf
Vaillon's soil has an unusually high iron content — it gives the Chardonnay a minerality you taste as texture rather than flavour. The 2015 is now 11 years old and built for it: still precise, still tensioned, with a developing spice character that only appears with age. 18 months on lees in stainless steel. Defaix's Vaillon has won Major at Tastevinage before. This one is quieter about it.
— Berthe & Moritz
Critic scores
Vivino
4.2/5
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