2023 Domaine Samuel Billaud Chablis 1er Cru "Vaillons Vieilles Vignes"
94TA
90-93JM
92RP
91BH
$79.99
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Tim Atkin
Reviewed January 2024These are truly old vines—well over 60—from the heart of Vaillons. The palate vibrates with classic, sunshine-driven Vaillons fruit: peaches, persimmons and cantaloupe. The nearsumptuous fruit depth is deftly balanced by tangy acidity and a smidgeon of sea salt on the generously long finish.
Professional Reviews
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93
Jasper Morris
Planted 1950s/1960s. Slightly yellower in colour. A broad nose not yet showing the detail. Quite a powerful core of fruit, more floral than usual, a useful citrus underlay, with fine persistence. Fine long finish.
92
Wine Advocate
The bottled 2023 Chablis 1er Cru Les Vaillons Vieilles Vignes offers an expressive bouquet of orange peel, apricot and beeswax, followed by a full-bodied, saline palate that is crisp and driven by tangy acidity. Charming yet controlled, it deftly reconciles the site’s demonstrative character with the tensile restraint imparted by maturation in stainless steel.(KK)
91
Burghound
Still a very pale colour but with (obviously) a much sunnier nose than the 2024. White fruit is almost white flesh. Still a saline bitterness at the finish to keep it on the straight and narrow. Drink from 2028-2033. Tasted Jun 2025.
Staff Reviews
AP
Review Date: 07/2025
The Vaillons Vieilles Vignes is an exceptional wine loaded with salty, exotic orchard fruit notes. The purity here is outstanding with aromas transferring to flavors on the palate leading to a long, lingering finish. A fantastic example of the heights the Vaillon vineyard can reach in the hands of a master like Samuel Billaud.
Notes
Bill Nanson Burgundy Report: "From the heart of Vaillons, vines over 70 years old. Like the last, it will be 15 months of tank elevage for this. This waiting to be bottled.A super nose of energy and minerality again – almost a noble reduction. Ultra !! Ultra mineral, and what energy – you can cut yourself with this wine. Wow – a candidate for wine of the vintage – and that’s before the domaine’s grand crus !!" (09/2024)
Details
| Origin | Chablis, France |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Chardonnay |
| SKU | 1866600 |