2014 Chablis Vaillons
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The 2014 Chablis 1Er Cru Vaillons Vieilles Vignes has a gentle bouquet with hints of popcorn at first, though soon replaced by ripe Satsuma and slightly smoky scents. The palate is fresh on the entry with crisp acidity, modest weight, but with a pleasant salinity that fans out towards the finish. This is a typical Vaillons, but one that is holding itself back for now, so afford this a couple of years in the cellar to get the most from it.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Tight, citric and with quite an austere precision to the palate. Restrained, pithy, dense. (RH)
(90% from Roncières, a site rich in deep clay soil that Viennois says typically yields a rounder, lower-acid wine with higher alcohol than most other sections of Vaillons): Brisk aromas of lemon, pepper and spearmint. Tightly wound, stony and uncompromising, conveying a distinctly cool ripeness as well as a touch of youthful reduction to its chalky flavors of citrus peel, crushed stone and flinty silex . Very classy Vaillons with a concentrated finish, but this will be slow to reveal itself.