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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 136 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Endodr on 3/24/2024 & rated 91 points: Delicious fully mature Chablis. Tastes of lemon zest, green apple, minerals, and oak. Mild oxidation present, but this adds to its complexity. Medium bodied with a nice finish. 👍👍 (121 views) | | | Tasted by Kcornett on 1/1/2024 & rated 88 points: Might be past its prime. Not as much aged complexity as before. More of a lemon punch. (340 views) | | | Tasted by jnewman77 on 11/16/2023: This bottle hasn't really changed from the one a couple years ago; if anything it seemed to have a bit more freshness. Very much mineral and citrus driven with a bit of beeswax and lilac; fresh and with good depth. Very enjoyable. (488 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 10/8/2023 & rated 93 points: This pours medium gold in the glass. The nose is just lovely from the first pop, showing lemon drop, preserved lemon, green tea, pear blossom, dried mango, peach tea, a touch of custard, and a whiff of sea spray. Complex and very appealing, though not exactly screaming Chablis. The palate enters on lemon drop with medium plus acid. The finish lingers nicely with significant, lightly medicinal lemon drop. Yet another lovely old bottle from Daniel-Etienne Defaix, and while perhaps lacking some Chablis markers the complexity is lovely. (866 views) | | | Tasted by Thefatbastard on 6/10/2023: Très beau Chablis avec de l’âge! Nez complexe sur des notes oxydatives, de noix et de tourbe. Touche saline. Idem en bouche avec encore bcp de vie et de longueur. (738 views) | | | Tasted by pmbsonning on 5/22/2023 & rated 94 points: Now 18 years old. Golden colour but no sign of oxidation. Still tastes fresh with perfectly balanced aged oak. A dream wine. I wish I had more in the cellar. (692 views) | | | Tasted by devraj on 4/30/2023 & rated 93 points: Wow! Light gold in color. Restrained aromas of yellow florals, waxy fruits, honeysuckle, minerals and wet stones. An expansive and dense palate reveals waxy and stone fruits, dried honey, tons of minerals, very good acidity and finishes with savory herbs and crustacean broth. (683 views) | | | Tasted by KarlO_CC on 3/4/2023 & rated 89 points: Nice and mature. Muted acidity and little buttery. Good not great. Drink now. (629 views) | | | Tasted by RichD2 on 10/15/2022 & rated 96 points: Medium gold color. Beautiful nose pear, peach, almonds. Full bodied, nice acidity and minerality. Amazing beautiful aged 1er Chablis. (924 views) | | | Tasted by spendergast on 9/27/2022 & rated 94 points: Notes are similar to my last tasting nearly a year ago: notes of apricot, pear, honeysuckle, minerals with good acidity and nice balance. Paired with grilled tilapia. (736 views) | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 7/26/2022: Pale gold colour. Medium (-) and developing nose with honey, ripe lemon, ripe green apples, butter, peach, mushroom and wet stone. Medium taste of ripe green apples, ripe lemon, peach, butter, honey, honeysuckle, mushroom and wet stone. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good and well matured Chablis Premier Cru. Needed half an hour to open. Drink now. Goes well with cheeses, fish and shellfish. (177 views) | | | Tasted by Barsacpinci on 7/25/2022: This wine had quite a lot of layers to it. Drinking beautifully right now. Shared with my partner and it went down quickly. Some citrus and tropical fruits but with a touch of sherry to it. My last bottle :( (893 views) | | | Tasted by hutch on 7/24/2022 & rated 93 points: In the last couple of years I tried this and was disappointed, as it was showing oxidation notes and was not at the same level I expect from this producer. That must not have been a sound bottle. I opened this with some trepidation, but a single sip allayed my fears. This was a stupendous wine, and such a treat to drink such a wonderful Chablis with some age, (compliments of the producer). Everything was in balance, the wine was still fresh but mature, and it was a great experience to savor and sip this wine. (811 views) | | | Tasted by renwom on 5/29/2022 & rated 92 points: Yummy, perfect drinking right now. Deep golden in glass; rich nose of apple, lemon, stone fruit, brioche, oiliness, a whiff of sherry. Structure is still intact, with good minerality. Went well with swordfish steak, and also brie cheese after. (1001 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 5/20/2022 & rated 92 points: Experienced Chablis drinkers will recognize this as at peak (not past it’s prime). Delicious with refined intensity, minerality and class. Excellent long finish. 92+ (1112 views) | | | Tasted by danielbleier on 5/18/2022 & rated 88 points: probably 3-5 years past its prime - still nice lemon and orange rind notes (866 views) | | | Tasted by Tomportwine on 3/27/2022 & rated 93 points: Full body Chablis. At age 17, acidity is reduced, but still moderate. Minerality dominates but in aged way, with a little sherry aftertaste. Beautiful wine, enjoyed as an aperitif with cheese and fish and olive tapas. (966 views) | | | Tasted by SuperSomm on 2/27/2022: Pale gold colour. Medium (-) and developing nose with honey, ripe lemon, ripe green apples, peach, butter, wet stone and mushroom. Medium taste of ripe green apples, ripe lemon, peach, butter, honey, mushroom, honeysuckle and wet stone. Long and dry finish. Medium acidity. Medium body. A very good and well matured Chablis Premier Cru. Needed 15 min in the glass. Drink now. Goes well with cheeses, fish or shellfish. (186 views) | | | Tasted by Montesquieu on 2/23/2022 & rated 92 points: Final bottle that nicely stood up to a peppered 15-bean soup. What a treat to enjoy an aged Chablis released and priced for aged consumption. For me, big notes include oysters, white mushrooms, and a lean oiliness. Tastes partially oxidized. (1135 views) | | | Tasted by AB16 on 1/13/2022 & rated 93 points: 17 year old Chablis showing its age ability Medium harvest moon straw color. Fruit and acid still intact and pure. Winner! (1159 views) | | | Tasted by billbaodesbois@gmail.com on 12/26/2021 & rated 97 points: Superbe equibre (1097 views) | | | Tasted by Max S. on 12/20/2021: Beautiful golden color, mellow taste. Great value for aged wine of any kind. Would buy again at $30. (1194 views) | | | Tasted by paintinginacave on 11/26/2021 & rated 86 points: Restaurant purchase. 375ml. Medium gold in the glass. Oxidative with bruised yellow apple, sea spray, light honey, and an array of dried, slightly candied yellow fruits reveal themselves on the nose. A bone dry, austere, well evolved palate that’s probably at the limits of still being able to provide drinking pleasure and this from someone who enjoys mature white Burgundy. It’s worth keeping in mind that this bottle is a 375ml format so will age at a quicker rate. It’s my no means tired, though since the acidity is still bright - it just lacks a little generosity and concentration at this point. (1162 views) | | | Tasted by spendergast on 11/21/2021 & rated 94 points: An excellent Chablis with notes of apricot, pear, honeysuckle, minerals with good acidity and nice balance. (1074 views) | | | Tasted by Heynetty on 9/1/2021: A: Medium gold
N: Pronounced nose of yellow apple, pineapple, starfruit, orange zest, sour cream, sultanas, wet stone. The fruit is both tart and ovverripe and raisined.
P: Dry, medium (+) acidity, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity and long finish
Balance of ripeness and acid, great length and intensity and a half point for complexity. Very good quality wine here.
Its pretty much fully developed. I wouldn't age it., Drink up. Delicious. (1460 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, Postcard from Chablis: The 2018s & 2017s (Jan 2020) (1/1/2020)
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| Daniel-Etienne Defaix Producer website
https://madrose.com/burgundy/chablis/daniel-etienne-defaix/
Daniel-Etienne Defaix’s ancestors were already cultivating the vine in the sixteenth century at the Château de Faix near Avallon, not far from Chablis. Etienne-Paul Defaix installed the family as vignerons in Chablis during the eighteenth century. Today, Daniel-Etienne Defaix continues this long family tradition as he maintains a domaine of 26 hectares planted exclusively to Chardonnay and primarily in a series of vineyard sites classified 1er Cru.
The vineyards are fertilized, when necessary, with a natural compost of cow and horse manure. Treatments in the vineyards are severely limited and never done within two months of the harvest. All the wines at this estate are vinified in a similar fashion. At harvest a strict triage is done to eliminate unripe and unhealthy grapes; the grapes are pressed slowly for three hours, separated parcel by parcel, with only the finest juice maintained for bottling at the domaine. The wines normally ferment for three weeks (sometimes as long as a month) using only indigenous yeasts and at a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius; the malolactic fermentation is always completed but never artificially rushed (on rare occasion, the ML has taken two years to finish). The wines rest on the fine lees in stainless steel cuves for at least 18 months (and sometimes longer for the 1er and Grand Crus) undergoing a type of batonnage without exposure to air and without the addition of sulfur (utilizing the CO2 created by the malolactic fermentation to conserve the freshness of the wines). The wines are generally not fined nor are they filtered prior to bottling and the wines are never exposed to a “passage a froid” to precipitate the tartrates … the elevage of two winters in a cold cellar does that work naturally. The Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix releases its wine to the market only after obtaining several years of bottle age at which point the market has the pleasure of having access to wines that more fully express the remarkable and unique terroir that is Chablis. Note also that the high quality corks used at the domaine are purchased two to three years in advance to secure the finest quality and to ensure the stability of the cork.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeCôte de Léchet On weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
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