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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.9 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 81 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 4/21/2024 & rated 93 points: Showing little evidence of age; classic Chablis in every sense. Super value and amazing age worthiness! (410 views) | | | Tasted by rc@ughey on 12/28/2023 & rated 93 points: Still great. Remains the world's best QPR. (762 views) | | | Tasted by DFBW on 12/27/2023 & rated 92 points: Very tasty mature Chablis that is ready for business now. These late release wines from Defaix can last for a few more years but I don't think age will add much more to be honest. Excellent value to be able to get some very decent aged Chablis at this price that is drinking pretty damn good right now. (626 views) | | | Tasted by thesternowl on 12/11/2023 & rated 94 points: Popped and poured just below my cellar temp (which is currently at 59°F); enjoyed over the course of two days. Consistent throughout. The 2006 pours a reflective, straw color with silvery rim. Medium viscosity with no signs of particles or gas. On the nose, the wine is developing. Notes of lemons, limes, honey, cashews and oyster shell. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium++ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and super chalky. This is absolutely killer Chablis that almost seems evergreen. Drink now through 2031. (781 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 9/26/2023 & rated 93 points: Nice nose with lemon notes, a hint of peach, saline flavors, and a richer and slightly creamier note. Great acidity with more lemon notes, saline / sea spray, grapefruit, apple, and chalk on the palate. Nice finish. Lovely wine that's drinking really well right now. Super classic Chablis. (1223 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 8/16/2023 & rated 92 points: Wine Lunch (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Light gold plus color. Drank a glass plus over an hour. Lots of Meyer lemon on the nose, lemon zest, and cool citrus on the nose which gradual engages the minerality. The palate shows the mineral base, lots of lemon, saline and oyster. Got better over 30 minutes. Maybe not quite as compelling as the last couple bottles, but close. 92+pts. (1292 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 7/23/2023 & rated 93 points: Gary's btl on Ciao Bella's excellent patio in Bloomington MN. I'm always delighted how much these aged Defaix still retain outstanding freshness combined w/ added depth & refinement of age. Truth be told most Chablis gets drank too young. This is so placid & yet w/ all of the acidity driven energy Chablis is loved for 17yrs from release. This was ultra-balanced, elegant & racy w/ excellent minerality & salinity. Every time I drink an aged Defaix they strike me as not dissimilar from drinking aged Dauvissat. Bravo! 93+ Thanks Gary! Late release Etienne Defaix Chablis is one of the smartest, no brainer buys in wine! (1216 views) | | | Tasted by dbkitc on 6/9/2023 & rated 94 points: Wow. This was just glorious. Mature, bright, floral, great finish. A complete wine at the perfect spot. A Domaine to take very seriously. (94) (1261 views) | | | Tasted by Warren23 on 5/24/2023: Heidi girlfriend’s party. (1099 views) | | | Tasted by haqofeta on 5/13/2023: I'm not sure if the model of releasing wines so late makes the winery much money, but for the consumer, its a no-brainer if you like Chablis. Each vintage of each vineyard has over-delivered at the price point so far. (985 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 3/4/2023 & rated 93 points: A Margaux at Margaux's Table (Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN): Light gold color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. Seabreeze, brine, leon peel, and so much wet stone on the nose. The palate is poised, showing saline, earth, lemon, limestone, good acid and energy. There's a depth and expression that shows from the age. Nice. (1701 views) | | | Tasted by JackCali on 12/10/2022 & rated 90 points: Strong acidity, minimal oak, straw color, mild fruit (1520 views) | | | Tasted by NickBurwood on 11/29/2022 & rated 92 points: As per my October note.
My last, and while undoubtedly could be held for a few years, at its peak to my taste. (1364 views) | | | Tasted by Winewhiskeyfood on 11/27/2022 & rated 91 points: Yellow approaching gold status, golden apple, hints of vanilla, ozone and almonds. On the palate rich notes if butter hazelnuts. Beautiful wine! (1359 views) | | | Tasted by La Cave d'Argent on 11/20/2022 & rated 94 points: Popped, poured and serially tasted at cellar temperature over 2-3 hours, this wine is impressive from start to finish. With perfumed aromatics, it delivers an olfactory package of jasmine and honeysuckle that is backed up with stone fruits, pears and toasted almonds. Medium-bodied, crisply acidic and seamlessly alcoholic (13%), it delivers flavors that mirror the aromas, buttressed with a backbone of chalky minerality. Dense in the middle and lengthy on the back end, this is a youthful Chardonnay without any sign of premature oxidation. It should sail through the remainder of this decade. Drink now-2030. (1468 views) | | | Tasted by NickBurwood on 10/14/2022 & rated 92 points: Penultimate bottle. My August '21 note still applies. Designed to be drunk on release, and have duly gone through my case in the last 12 months.
Fine indeed, but whilst will undoubtedly hold up for say 20yrs from vintage, probably won't benefit from the experience. (1341 views) | | | Tasted by WetRock on 9/30/2022: This time it was more reductive than I remember. Touches of gunflint. Cleaner on night two when it drank with a clearer classic expression. Definitely showed young. I'd probably want to wait a couple more years, honestly. Good stuff. (1316 views) | | | Tasted by rc@ughey on 8/15/2022 & rated 93 points: These wines are like a cheat code. Impeccable 1er Chablis that is well-aged yet still fresh and superbly balanced, for $40? WTF! Sign me up. (1605 views) | | | Tasted by talbot61 on 7/14/2022 & rated 89 points: This still seems like a young wine -- moderate acidity, medium- to light-weight, citric and mineral, with no oxidation. With a little air, the slight salinity diminished, and the flavor was single-notedly lime zest -- appealing, but I would have liked more complexity. No hurry to drink these. Good food wine. (1541 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 7/10/2022 & rated 93 points: Summer Wines (Craig & Nita's Place): Light gold color. PNP, drank a glass over 30 minutes. Same bottle as Chablis28. I'll echo Craig's thoughts on Defaix. I'm amazed by the consistency and overall quality of their wines year in and year out. Drinking well aged Chablis is a treat and when they come late release, Chateau direct, it seems much more reliable. This was my first of a group of '06's. Drinking great, good typicity, classic oyster shell minerality, coupled with Meyer lemon and lime, brine, and then depth of aging with stellar acids. 93+ to 94pts. (1735 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 7/10/2022 & rated 94 points: One of Kevin's btls on our front lawn wine group summer party. This was a bonus btl. I've always been pleasantly surprised by how much these aged Defaixs retain outstanding freshness while also delivering the added depth and range we all hope for from aged btls of Chablis. This, at age 15+, was no exception. So placid and yet all of the acidity driven energy Chablis is admired for. This was ultra-balanced, elegant, racy with excellent minerality & salinity. Every time I drink an aged Defaix they strike me as not dissimilar from drinking aged Dauvissat. Bravo! Next time I see some of these I'm grabbing more. (1613 views) | | | Tasted by Vanja1 on 6/27/2022 flawed bottle: Levert tilbake til polet. (1162 views) | | | Tasted by achasd on 6/22/2022 & rated 93 points: Agree with Lovemycab. Nice acid Good drinking. Or you could have Rombauer for the same price -:) (1388 views) | | | Tasted by lovemycab on 6/10/2022 & rated 92 points: A nice mature Chablis that is drinking well right now. Nice acidity with notes of lemon and minerality. Not the most complex Chablis, but enjoyable. (1181 views) | | | Tasted by Ghoulardi on 5/24/2022 & rated 91 points: Waxy, creamy, lemon cake. A wonderful mature Chablis in a very drinkable spot. This was best on night 2. (1558 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| 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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