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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 13 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jdamaral@rogers.com on 2/9/2023 & rated 92 points: A hint of oxidation leads to pineapple and marmalade. Great weight and persistent finish. Lovely old chablis. A wine spend some time with in the glass. One more bottle left. (326 views) | | | Tasted by acheng on 2/10/2022 & rated 91 points: Some tropical notes on the outset turning buttery and the age started to show. Minerality from yesteryears have faded substantially but still present and accounted for. Acidity also well represented. (416 views) | | | Tasted by Touchais59 on 4/6/2019 & rated 92 points: It's time to drink it. (956 views) | | | Tasted by Jean-Philippe M on 11/24/2016: Ce vin semblait plat au départ, mais plus il respire et devient température pièce, meilleur il est. Bonne acidité, peu de minéralité pour un chablis, fruits à chair blanche et du miel. Manque de longueur.
3/5 (2656 views) | | | Tasted by d'Artagnan on 11/19/2016 & rated 88 points: Un vin qui met du temps à s'ouvrir, mais il restera rond et gras, pas ce que j'aime à Chablis, où je préfère tension et salinité. Le nez est sur le fruit jaune mûr. Je le trouve trop patiné, c'est flatteur et fort buvable, mais il ne soulève pas d'émotion avec ce coté presque exotique. 88 pts (2474 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 6/28/2015 & rated 93 points: Post Musique et Vin Festival Concert Dinners; 6/24/2015-6/28/2015 (Château du Clos de Vougeot): Summer flowers and lemon aromas, followed by flavors of lemon, lemon peel. Very good overall with great length and intensity. Still fresh and vibrant. (3691 views) | | | Tasted by yofog on 10/3/2014: Awkward wine, admittedly with a long finish, but so reticent as to hardly be there at all, not really what I was expecting of an 09 (3110 views) | | | Tasted by GalvezGuy on 4/4/2014 & rated 94 points: Liquid Farm 4/4 Chardonnay Shootout (Lucio's BYOB, Houston): Tasted blind. On the nose, pure fruit with white peach, pear, lychee, and sea air with faint chalk aroma. On the palate rich and powerful with green apple, pear, lychee, and that great saline quality. Long finish with bright acidity. WOTN and a screaming bargain. Drink or continue to hold. #12 (3596 views) | | | Tasted by avp on 6/20/2011: Reticent nose with appley fruit and slight tropical hints.
Medium bodied, dry and refreshing palate with chalky minerality, slight almondy roundness and minor vegetal nuances. Long chalky finish.
Good stuff, but really needs time. (2170 views) |
| By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (7/19/2016)
(Dom Billaud-Simon, Vaudésir Grand Cru Chablis White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, October 2011, Issue #44
(Domaine Billaud-Simon Chablis - Vaudésir Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, Chablis 2009 and 2010 (Aug 2011)
(Billaud-simon Chablis Grand Cru Vaudesir) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/11/2011)
(Dom Billaud-Simon, Vaudésir Chablis Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, July/August 2010, IWC Issue #151
(Domaine Billaud Simon Chablis Vaudesir) Subscribe to see review text. | By Christelle Guibert
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(Domaine Billaud-Simon, Chablis, Vaudésir Grand Cru, Burgundy, France, White) Subscribe to see review text. |
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From Burghound: "Producer note: Bernard Billaud, just as he did in 2010, called the 2011 vintage "a complete classic. If the wine school textbooks had a description of what classic Chablis is supposed to smell and taste like, then both 2010 and 2011 produced it. The wines are elegant, very fresh and possess a wonderful sense of tension and drive. I suppose if I had to choose, 2010 is slightly more classic but really, we're splitting hairs. From the standpoint of making a comparison with another recent vintage, I would characterize 2011 as being more like 2008 than 2010, which itself is perhaps more like 2007. The fruit was exceptionally clean and quite ripe as there was no chaptalization. Overall, I think people will love 2011 as the wines will drink well early but should also age beautifully if desired." As to the now in-bottle 2010s, they have fulfilled everything that I saw last year and then some. In sum, they are seriously impressive wines and well worth your attention. "
About Billaud-Simon
Domaine Billaud-Simon in Chablis is comprised of about 42 acres, encompassing four Grands Crus vineyards, including one acre in Les Clos; one acre in Les Preuses; 1.75 acres in Vaudésir; and .44 acre in Les Blanchots. The Domaine also owns four Premiers Crus vineyards, including Montée de Tonnèrre, Mont-de-Milieu, Fourchaume and Vaillons. In addition to its crus wines, Domaine Billaud-Simon makes a Chablis Villages “Tête d’Or”, with grapes harvested exclusively from the estate.
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In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic wars, Charles Louis Noël Billaud returned home to Chablis and founded Domaine Billaud-Simon. There, thanks to his family’s holdings, he planted the first vines. Then, a little more than a century later in the 1930s, the Domaine’s vineyards were enlarged with the marriage of his descendant Jean Billaud to Renée Simon.
Located close to the Serein River, Jean Billaud’s son, Bernard, took over the estate until its acquisition by Domaine Faiveley in July 2014. Since then, Domaine Billaud-Simon is managed separately from Domaine Faiveley: It has its own vineyard, winemaking facilities and remains dedicated to uphold the same style of the wines while continually striving to improve their quality. Along with technical improvements in the modern winery, manual grape picking is increasingly being practiced for their Grands Crus and selected Premiers Crus.
The Chablis wines of Domaine Billaud-Simon exhibit elegance, balance and pure Chardonnay fruit. Delicious when young, they evolve beautifully with some ageing.
Faiveley purchased the Domaine in 2013, bottling, but, not making the 2013’s. The changes saw a shift to harvesting the fruit earlier–with better nerve and natural acidity–than would have been the case here under Bernard Billaud. Since the acquisition, the wines have gone from strength to strength.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeVaudésir at weinlagen.info
Vaudesir is one of the seven official climats of the Chablis Grand Cru white wine appellation. The vineyard – planted entirely to Chardonnay – sits atop the Grand Cru hill, overlooking the town of Chablis below. Vaudesir Grand Cru wines tend to be softer and more elegant than other Chablis Grand Cru wines, with floral characters rounding out Chablis' iconic minerality.
The vineyard covers 42 acres (17ha) of steep land above the Grenouilles Grand Cru site on the hill, just east of Preuses. The vineyard is shaped like an amphitheatre, and is cut through by a track known as the "Chemin des Vaudesirs", giving it a double orientation. Half of its vines face due south, with the remainder facing southwest.
This topography helps to distinguish Vaudesir from other vineyard sites, as the steep slopes provide some protection from northerly winds and vines instead benefit from good exposure to sunlight. This moderates temperatures in the cool Chablis climate, giving Vaudesir a favorable mesoclimate where grapes can develop phenolic ripeness alongside acidity. This leads to balanced wines with lighter body than some of its more exposed neighbors.
Another crucial factor in the Vaudesir terroir is the soils, which tend to be lighter than in the other Grand Cru climats. Although they are still based on the same Kimmeridgian subsoil that sits beneath the rest of the Grand Cru hill, soils in Vaudesir tend toward clay rather than limestone. The lower proportions of limestone here have led to a wine with a more refined minerality: Vaudesir Grand Cru wines lack the muscularity of Les Clos or Valmur wines.
Vaudesir is home to the La Moutonne vineyard: a six-acre (2.5ha) site that is not officially part of the AOC law, but is often considered to be the eighth Chablis Grand Cru.France 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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