October 2023
BILLAUD-SIMON
Chablis Vaillons 1er cru 2022
(from Séchet, Roncières, Châtains, Mélinots and Vaillons proper). An overtly floral-suffused nose reflects notes of sea breeze, zest confit and a whiff of white pepper. There is notably better refinement if not necessarily better density to the beautifully textured medium-bodied flavors that possess even better depth on the lightly austere, structured and lingering finale. While it should repay a decade or so of keeping, it should also be reasonably approachableafter only 4 to 5 years
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