2010 Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru, France Ludes From the Rhys Estate vineyard

From the Rhys Estate vineyard located in the deep end of the Anderson Valley

This classic variety has an important place in our region and at Walter Scott

really showing off the potential for classic and serious sans-soufre stuff

the basalt soil retains heat and a mixture of alluvial and loam soils give just enough nutrients

2010 Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru, France Ludes From the Rhys Estate vineyardThe Defaix familyone of the oldest winegrowing families in the regionowns thirty hectares of vines, the vast majority of which are in premier and grand cru vineyards, but Danny designates only his best lots each vintage as cru level, declassifying the remainder as villages. Note the singular Vaillon instead of the more commonplace Les Vaillons on Defaixs label. The boundaries of this vineyard were extended in 1976 to take advantage of its popularity