93pts Decanter

This delicious wine boasts initial exotic notes of pomelo and melon and opens up to suggest acacia blossom and cream. The texture is creamy and rich, but the wine is not lacking freshness; the extract carries the wine to a lovely lingering finish. The grapes are from 4.82ha spread over five lieux-dits – Vaillons, Séchet, Beugnons, Roncières and Epinottes – lightly crushed and fermented in tank and in cask (25%). The warm microclimates and thin soils here deliver some of the ripest fruit on the left bank.

92pts Jasper Morris

25% wood. The first grapes to be picked. Good bright colour with a light green tint. Confit de citron, some white fruited flesh, no great acidity, but nuanced and pleasing. Softer finish than a classic Vaillons but very classy.

Barrel Sample: 90-92

91pts  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2023 Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons bursts with aromas of white flowers and peach, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and suave palate that's pure, seamless and charming.

Winemaker Notes

The Vaillons is an assemblage of 5 separate "climats" (Epinottes, Roncières, Séchet, Chatains and Beugnons). It is a very classical wine with notes of white flowers and sea air. A very sunny exposure and its valley sheltered from the north winds bring quite early maturity that allows it to be enjoyed from its earliest years. It does not have the habitual austerity of young Chablis wines.

Over time, the wine loses its floral aspect in flavor of tertiary aromas of menthol and oyster shell. It can be matched with all types of sea produce but also with regional cheeses.