The 2010 Vaillons from Domaine Dauvissat is another absolutely stellar example of the vintage and about as textbook an example of Vaillons as one could hope to find. The deep, pure and nascently complex nose jumps from the glass in a blaze of apple, pink grapefruit, a touch of beeswax, chalky minerality, citrus peel and a topnote of white flowers. On the palate the wine is deep, long, very pure and almost crystalline in its expression of minerality, with a lovely core of fruit, impeccable focus and balance and a very long, snappy and soil-driven finish A beautiful bottle of Vaillons. (Drink between 2016-2040)

A slightly riper nose speaks of tangerine rind, white pepper, lemon, algae and mineral notes that give way to impressively rich and full-bodied flavors that possess excellent volume as well as mid-palate concentration that possesses excellent drive and balance on the linear finish. This wonderfully complex effort reminds me a bit of a smaller scaled Les Clos and it should age very well. In a word, excellent.