2003 Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Vaillon

Daniel-Etienne Defaix owns one of the oldest estates in Chablis. The Defaix family has been winemakers from father to son for 4 centuries. The family estate is located on the oldest terroirs of Chablis, where monks on Pontigny made a selection a thousand years ago. The privileged exposure of the Pontigny monks was and still is a hill with a high slope facing south-east. An advantage for Chablis, which often suffers from frost in spring, and this privileged spot is the first to receive the sun's rays and therefore much less crop losses. Daniel-Etienne Defaix is the undisputed master of 'long-aged-chablis' There is no rush and they firmly believe that the wines must mature and this also testifies that they only release their Premier Crus after around 8 years but we have drunk performances from 30 years and older and these were even more than fantastic. These long-aged chablis from old years can also be ordered by us on request and of course we also have some of ours in our range. What makes this domain so unique, however, is not only the fact that no wood is used during the production process. The unique fruit of the old vines of the vineyards and time do their job and make all execution gems.

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