CHABLIS PREMIER CRU `VAILLONS`

CHABLIS PREMIER CRU
"VAILLONS" 2021

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2021 2022

Grape variety

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Colour: Elegant pale gold.

Nose: Expressive and greedy showing notes of hazelnuts and apricot compote.

Palate: The mouth is creamy yet balanced by the freshness of mandarin and acacia flowers aromas.

Wine and food pairing

Ideal served with seafood, fish such as salmon in butter sauce or grilled, as well as with roasted capon or guinea fowl and goat cheese.

Serving temperature

Serve ideally at a temperature of 14°C. (57°F.)

Ageing potential

Drink now or keep in the cellar for around 5 years.

Origin

The most recent list of Chablis Premiers Crus was issued in 1986. 79 hamlets figure on the list and cover a surface area of approximately 700 ha.

The winegrowers of Chablis grouped together these hamlets under the names of 17 “climats” or single vineyards. These vineyards are located on either side of the Serein river in the communes of Chablis, Fontenay, Maligny, Chichée, La Chapelle-Vaupelpeigne, Courgis, Fleys, and Beines.

Located on the left bank of the Serein river, in the southwest of the Chablis region, the 105 hectares of Premier Cru Vaillons vines enjoy particularly favourable exposure and the wines are well deserving of their excellent reputation.

Vinification and maturing

- Pneumatic pressing and static cold settling of the musts,
- Alcoholic fermentation started in stainless steel vats and for the wine remaining in the stainless steel vats, fermentation for 7 to 10 days at controlled temperatures (18 to 20°C) to conserve as much fruit as possible,
- After 3 days, around 20% of the juice is drawn off and transferred into fine-grained wooden barrels for the continuation of the fermentation process.
- 100% malolactic fermentation and ageing on lees for 18 months.

Vintage : 2021

Nature certainly set a challenge for the winegrower and the winemaker with this vintage.

It began with very warm temperatures at the end of February which led to an early bud break. The historic frost in April then destroyed young shoots that had emerged too early, significantly affecting the future harvest. Changing weather continued to characterize the vintage through to the harvests. There were spells of rain from May to mid-August, obliging winegrowers to be constantly on the alert.

This vintage also required a major technical effort. The vinifications had to be carried out with meticulous attention and precision with a particular care over the extraction of colouring matter, the balance of the structure and the aromatic expression of the red wines, and of the freshness, balance of acidity and aromatic potential of the white wines.

CHABLIS PREMIER CRU "VAILLONS" 2021