2010 Domaine Daniel-Etienne Defaix Vaillons, Chablis Premier Cru, France

The Defaix familyone of the oldest winegrowing families in the regionowns thirty hectares of vines, the vast majority of which are in premier and grand cru vineyards, but Danny designates only his best lots each vintage ascru-level, declassifying the remainder asvillages.

Note the singular Vaillon instead of the more commonplace Les Vaillons on Defaixs label. The boundaries of this vineyard were extended in 1976 to take advantage of its popularity in the market, but the Defaix family owns a prime parcel of old vines (45 years of age) in the original crutheVaillon.