Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Vaillons 2023 New Arrivals Q: Describe your winemaking style

Q: Describe your winemaking style

This is impeccably well-balanced and while it could use better depth

indeed the word brilliant comes to mind and 2019 is an auspicious first vintage for this wine

It's a gorgeous Northern Rhône Syrah that brings the fruit and texture

Needs four or five years to open

Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Vaillons 2023 New Arrivals Q: Describe your winemaking style90 93 Points Burghound, Allen Meadows More moderate though not exactly subtle wood surround the ripe aromas of white pepper, quinine, iodine and poached pear. I very much like the texture of the intense and stony middle weight flavors that display fine length on the balanced, nicely dry and youthfully austere finale. Good stuff and worth considering.