Type: White Wine
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Code: CHAB143
This Premier Cru comes under the wider Vaillons appellation, and is considered the finest part of Vaillon, is situated on the left bank of the river Serein. Samuel has a plot 90 year old vines planted by his great-grandfather on 161-49 rootstock.
This is an En Primeur wine and special conditions apply.
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Samuel Billaud

Samuel continues to make many of the most exciting wines coming out of Chablis today, equal in quality to Jean-Marie and Bernard Raveneau, but at a fraction of the price. His 2020’s are a great range. Samuel decided to pick early, from the 28th August to the 6th September, and to age all his wines for at least 10 months on the fine lees, in order to achieve a winning combination of ripe, appley fruit on the nose, fresh, succulent texture on the palate and fine minerality and salinity on the finish. Samuel likens his 2020’s to his 2017’s – high praise indeed as the 2017’s are currently developing into spectacular wines.

Fragrant and refined, with stone fruit, citrus, floral notes, and a hint of honeysuckle. The palate is vibrant and laser focused, combining bright, lemony fruit with mineral drive and fresh, mouth-watering acidity. Intense and powerful, yet beautifully balanced, it delivers excellent concentration, rich honeyed fruit, and a long, precise, persistent finish.
Usually vinified in stainless steel, in 2024, because of the small crop following hail on 1st May, it was fermented and aged in three glass wine globes and a couple of 500 litre oak casks.

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