[PRE ORDER] Samuel Billaud - Chablis Grand Cru 'Vaudesir' White 2023

Grape

100% Chardonnay

Tasting notes

The 2023 Domaine Samuel Billaud Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir is a white wine with aromas of apricot, lemon zest, green apple, and chalky minerality. It features a rich, layered texture balanced by vibrant tension and a long, saline finish.

The nose shows ripe lemons, limes, green apple, apricot, and tangerine zest mixed with white flowers and crushed oyster shells. The palate is concentrated and layered, with a creamy yet weightless feel, bright structural acidity, and deep limestone character. The finish is long, mouth-watering, and persistent, carrying wet stone and maritime salinity.

More About The Winery

The Billaud family have been producing great Chablis since 1815. 6th generation Samuel set out on his own in 2010 and it is fair to say that after a decade, his dynamic approach and great winemaking touch have taken his domaine from a status of Rising Star to one of the very best, established growers in the region.

Samuel makes precise, elegant and terroir-true expressions of every vineyard in his care. His wines are electric and simply crackle with the tension and vibrancy which can be found in the region's best wines. Offering scintillating wines from the refreshing, steely fresh Petit-Chablis through to bold and dynamic Grand Crus, Samuel Billaud is a master of his craft, and as Neal Martin points out, "We should see him right at the top of Chablis producers alongside the likes of Raveneau and Vincent Dauvissat". These are singular Chablis and the sheer embodiment of purity and poise.