Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale bright yellow. Classic aromas of powdered stone and mint, plus a light lactic quality. Densely packed and serious, with a dusty quality to the flavors of lime blossom, ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chablis Vaillons is impeccable from start to finish. Layers of yellow stone fruits caress the palate in this overt, yet highly sophisticated wine. The underlying mine...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2011 Chablis Butteaux, on the other hand, is all about power. This is a decidedly big, broad-shouldered wine with plenty of depth and sheer fruit, but at the same time the...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright straw-yellow. Complex nose hints at smoke, honey, mint, minerals and clove. Suave and dry in the mouth, with solid fat leavened by integrated acidity. There's a lemony ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Notes of pineapple, coconut and puff pastry. Juicy, fruity and concentrated, with mineral and citrus notes perking up the pineapple fruit and extending the fini...

Burghound: Mild reduction cannot completely mask the lightly wooded green fruit and wet stone aromas that merge seamlessly into rich, round and equally stony broad-shouldered flavors tha...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Exotic honeyed ripeness to the stone fruit aromas. Then rich and voluminous but classically dry in the mouth, less about primary fruits than about cherry-...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright pale yellow. Slightly reduced aromas of apple, pear and crystallized peach. Juicy and bright, with good mid-palate cut thanks to lively acidity. Finishes tactile, st...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Light, green-tinged gold. Pungent, mineral-accented aromas of pear skin, nectarine, honeysuckle and iodine, with a hint of vanilla. Weighty but surprisingly bright and lithe...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright pale yellow. Precise, high-pitched aromas of lime, crushed stone, anise and oyster shell. Tight, pure and youthfully strict, with cool lemon and lime ice flavors comp...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale yellow-gold. Assertively perfumed aromas of nectarine, tangerine, melon and smoky minerals, with an underlying spiciness. Rich and supple but lively, with impressively...

Wine Spectator: Bold, rich and full-bodied, with a potent array of ripe fig, honeysuckle, anise, apricot and smoke flavors that are deep and extracted, ending with a long, mouthcoating finish...

Wine Spectator: Oak adds richness and depth to this white, along with texture, with smoky, toasty oak framing ripe pear and honeydew melon. Ends with a crisp finish. Drink now through 2017. 4...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, green-tinged gold. Powerful orchard fruit and orange marmalade aromas and flavors, with intense spice and anise qualities and a touch of agave. Deeply pitched but li...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Tight nose hints at lemon and menthol. Ripe grapefruit flavor is nicely framed by solid minerality; lovely sugar/acid balance here. Finishes with excellent stony firmness an...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow with a green tinge. Very ripe aromas of yellow fruits and nut oils. Broad, sweet and fruity, offering lovely volume without excess weight. Silky-smooth and r...

About this Wine: This appellation covers a minute area of 0.6376 ha. The vegetation is Mediterranean in character with box, white oak and almond trees.

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