2010 Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru, France Ludes The wine is aged in

The wine is aged in barrel on its lees and bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur

The Joblots pick for acidity rather than ripeness

and then gently pressed in open pneumatic press

This classic variety has an important place in our region and at Walter Scott

The wine is then

2010 Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru, France Ludes The wine is aged inThe Defaix familyone of the oldest winegrowing families in the regionowns thirty hectares of vines, the vast majority of which are in premier and grand cru vineyards, but Danny designates only his best lots each vintage as cru level, declassifying the remainder as villages. Note the singular Vaillon instead of the more commonplace Les Vaillons on Defaixs label. The boundaries of this vineyard were extended in 1976 to take advantage of its popularity