February 24, 2024 - Another excellent bottle of this wine. Started light yellow and deepened to a light gold after time in the decanter but there is no sign of prem-ox at all. Reserved at first but opens up with air to show stone and salty profile with grapefruit and quinine. After two hours in the glass some white florals and faint passion fruit show. This is not a soft wine at all. I think a few years will give it more time to relax. Great now with food.
September 25, 2023 - Similar notes from this past June. Started bright light yellow and got more golden (not dark) with air, this has rapier acidity combined with classic Chablis stone, salt and citrus. A bit of white flower showed up at the end but very faint. I will hold my last couple bottles for longer. This one is going to get better for at least a couple years.
June 29, 2023 - Medium yellow. Searingly, stunningly Chablis. Fresh lemon, salt, jasmine. Cuts like a knife through the soft shell crab in butter. After too many tired bottles of 2008 La Forest this Vaillons was was a return to form. Wonderful.
May 14, 2023 - Fresh lemony curdy. A little hollow on palate not fleshy.
April 29, 2023 - Iodine, lemon, dense, mouth coating and long. A perfect bottle!
February 9, 2023 - Takes a while to open up , then shows a light tide pool sea spray nose, lovely medium intensity, beautiful salinity and complexity; more tide pool comes out on the palate, along with wonderfully complex savory/umami minerality. An amalgamation of everything beach: sand, sea, and sun. Minerality, saline, perfectly ripe fruit. Just fabulous, with years ahead of it.
December 24, 2022 - Slightly oxidized, nevertheless drinking well.
September 2, 2022 - Another great bottle of this. Great energy and balance. All is in place. Will hum along for years I suspect but really think this is ideal moment to drink. Perfect with lobster.
February 9, 2022 - WTDS at Tilia (Tilia, Mpls): Medium gold color. Just a small taste. Got to the party late and everyone had pretty much passed on this. It wasn't dead, really more dull and lackluster. The minerality is there, the fruit is not, certainly somewhat advanced, but based on notes, it may be what it is at this point. No score.
May 5, 2021 - Poured 2 hours after opening. Deep yellow. A combination of white flowers, broth, and honey on the nose. Gorgeous texture with medium to full body. Faint citrus but mostly the plant and stone of Chablis with strong underlying acidity. Fully mature in contrast to how it tasted 2 years ago. Outstanding.