Delivery Icon FREE Delivery on Orders Over £100
48 Hour Delivery Icon Order by 12pm for 48 Hour Delivery
Type: White Wine
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Code: CHAB126
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 on Kimmeridgian soil, on top of hard clay which retain moisture.
This is an En Primeur wine and special conditions apply.
Register your interest

Specification

Type
White Wine
Producer
Domaine Samuel Billaud
Vintage
2023
Style
Dry
Country
France
Size
75cl
Region
Burgundy
Main Grapes
Chardonnay
Area
Chablis
Grape Mix
100%
Body
Elegant, crisp and delicate
Genre
En Primeur, Fine Wine
Drinking Window
Drink from 2026
Closure Type
Cork
Download Specification Sheet

Producer

Domaine 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.

Tasting Notes

Luminous pale straw in colour, clear, bright and youthful. The nose is so expressive with lemon and grapefruit aromas pierced by a mineral wet stone character. The palate is typical Billaud winemaking – precise, laser focussed and vibrant. Crushed apples, citrus notes all framed in a tight mineral structure, a wonderful expressive wine with added notes of almond, white peach and an oyster shell finish. Lip smackingly good!

Vinification

Hand-picked, pressed and fermented in stainless steel tanks followed by 18 months on fine lees.

You May Also Like