Domaine Jean Defaix Chablis Grand Cru 'Valmur' 2018 chateau-fieuzal Produced only in exceptional years

Produced only in exceptional years

offering vivid brambly red fruit

graphite and cedar

and well known

Nick Spencer describes this drop as "Tumbarumba in a bottle"

Domaine Jean Defaix Chablis Grand Cru 'Valmur' 2018 chateau-fieuzal Produced only in exceptional yearsValmur is a very powerful, imposing "climat" with a lot of minerality. This confers on the wine an austerity and a sense of reserve that are the signature of the great wines of Chablis. Yellow and white fleshed fruits like peach and apricot are revealed. In sunny years, these notes develop towards concentrated fruits "confits" and quince. In cool years, the floral notes such as hawthorn offer the wine of this "climat" all its distinctiveness. It is a