Vaillons Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay

Found this wine to be steely, chalky with a hint of mint. All comes together very well. Drinks good now.

Great bottle right here, everything I want and seek out in Chardonnay. Powerful acid, textural complexity, rich yet balanced mouthfeel, multifaceted interplay of fruit and non-fruit, and length. Sun ripe golden orchard fruits, wilted apple blossom, damp button and oyster mushrooms, damp earth, salt, iodine, seaweed, ground oyster shells and chalk. So much earthy goodness!

Taste like epoisses cheese

Cheese rind, melon, minerals and rocks! Acid was screaming

Pretty solid. Forets is my favorite from this producer.

Great transparency and expression even at this young stage.

2011. Delicious.

Fresh pineapple, a touch of lemon pith. Surprisingly, this is ripe despite the vintage. Almost seems like a touch of RS but no. Classic Chablis acid with some minerality but the ripeness of the fruit is a slight turnoff. A little butter at first becomes more cornflakey oxidation in the glass after an hour/hour and a half. As far as I can tell Dauvissat is best for near to midterm consumption while I would guess that Raveneau holds the most potential for cellaring. Jenna says it's a little too candy-like for her and that it's too cornflakey even though it's so young. Funny, I was expecting this to be green after the 11 Forest a year ago. Drink this now.

The rigid acidity will need time to arc, but when it does, watch out!

11 Vaillons Dauvissat.