This domaine is a new addition to our Chablis range and I am sure it will be a huge success. Samuel Billaud is one of the most exciting winemakers in Chablis, rivalling the wines of Jean-Marie and Bernard Raveneau but at a fraction of the price. His 2019s are fabulous, a little lower in alcohol and higher in acidity than the 2018 vintage with fine depth and concentration as a result of lower yields. The vendange was early in 2019, starting at the beginning of September, and the wines are a winning combination of the minerality of 2017 and the richness of 2018. All the wines have been aged for 12-18 months on the fine lees in order to develop extra tension and complexity.
Although Billaud has just a 0.8Ha plot on this popular left bank 1er Cru, his 35 year old vines are from a single plot planted on prime blue clay which ...
This Premier Cru comes under the wider Vaillons appellation, situated on the left bank of the river Serein. The 95yo vines on 161/49 rootstock are planted ...
Vaillons is one of the finest, and most popular, Premiers Crus on the left bank of the River Serein, with a south-easterly exposure on a single, central ...
Situated on the western central edge of the Grand Cru hill, looking south and west to the sleepy town of Chablis, Billaud makes very small quantities of this steely, fo...
Samuel produces his Chablis from three separate plots all with different exposures totalling 5.5Ha – Les Pargues, towards the village of Préhy, Les Cartes between t...