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Defaix has recently added two small parcels in Poinchy and Beines, which bring depth and complexity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Bernard Defaix","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":28843225155,"sku":"BIB24369-750","price":61.97,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":45269195522157,"sku":"BIB24369-750-6","price":353.23,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/Worldwine_27_8adc8214-0f34-42d1-a0bd-e77f3f35d4e1.jpg?v=1759342020"},{"product_id":"domaine-bernard-defaix-chablis","title":"Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A hint of the chalkiness of the finish of the last is visible here in the aromas – also a small floral accent. Here the wine is more direct and generous but with a silk to its directness. Slowly fading – a delicious wine…\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003cstrong\u003eBill Nanson, Burgundy Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScrewcap. Defaix’s impressive village Chablis is drawn from four parcels of mature, 30-plus-year-old vines situated around Milly and Poinchy on the left bank of the Serein River. The wine fermented spontaneously and aged on fine lees for 10 months in glass-lined tanks. 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Didier Defaix oversees 8 ha of vines here, making the domaine the largest holder of this Premier Cru.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e93 points, Christy Canterbury MW, Tim Atkin Burgundy Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiam. With nine hectares of vines overlooking the village of Milly, the Domaine is the largest single holder within this 1er Cru, and its cellars sit at the base of the Léchet hill. Perfectly exposed to the southeast, Jasper Morris MW describes an archetypal wine from Léchet as “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eentirely white fruited in style …not dissimilar to Beauroy, but with more intensity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,” while Andrew Jefford suggests the hill gives “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esome of the most 'mineral' Chablis of all.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Bernard Defaix","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":28843230979,"sku":"BIBDEFCH17","price":105.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":45269195554925,"sku":"BIBDEFCH17-6","price":602.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/Worldwine_28_a2a8530d-6109-46a6-a684-efabf80eb409.jpg?v=1759342023"},{"product_id":"domaine-bernard-defaix-cote-de-lechet-1er-cru-reserve-chablis-2015","title":"Domaine Bernard Defaix Cote De Lechet 1er Cru Reserve Chablis 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Smelling of yellow plum tart, lemon oil and toasted hazelnuts, this has a delightfully rounded, viscous texture. There is a pleasant, amaro-like bitterness on the lengthy finish. The fruit from these 50-plus-year-old vines sees 50% oak, and Didier is using more and more 500 L barrels, even on the Côte de Léchet cuvées.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e94 points, Christy Canterbury MW, Tim Atkin Burgundy Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiam. Defaix also bottles this selection from a single hectare of almost 70-year-old vines on the mid-slope. The idea is to showcase the old vines’ ability to produce a more layered, hedonistic, seductive wine than the standard Côte de Léchet cuvée. Half the wine matures in tank, the other half in wood—mainly 228-litre used Burgundian pièces from Jaeger-Defaix in Rully.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Bernard Defaix","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":28843233859,"sku":"BIB25053-750","price":116.59,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":45269195587693,"sku":"BIB25053-750-6","price":664.56,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/Worldwine_30_092172e9-bcc3-4245-981a-dc1de7cca34f.jpg?v=1759342024"},{"product_id":"jaeger-defaix-clos-du-chapitre-1er-cru-rouge-rully","title":"Domaine Jaeger Defaix Rully 1er Cru Clos du Chapître Rouge 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Luxuriously sumptuous in decadently ripe red fruits, this has a beautiful nose of fine spice, violets, mulberries and boysenberries. The elegant structure is perfectly tempered with filmy tannins flowing seamlessly with lifting freshness.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e94 points, Christy Canterbury MW, Tim Atkin Burgundy Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiam. Clos du Chapître is a densely planted one-hectare monopole behind the family house and cellars within the Rully Premier Cru Chapître, which is enclosed by a two-metre-high stone wall. Jancis Robinson, MW has written that the wines from this site “\u003cem\u003eoffer proof that the Côte Chalonnaise can now field wines of serious interest to those raised on Côte d’Or wines.\u003c\/em\u003e” This year, the wine aged in oak barrels (10% new) for 12 months and settled in tank before bottling.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jaeger Defaix","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":3530987503656,"sku":"BIB25055-750","price":102.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":45269195718765,"sku":"BIB25055-750-6","price":583.11,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/Worldwine_29_bcc6ff76-550c-426d-a04c-56e19cea6188.jpg?v=1759342029"},{"product_id":"domaine-bernard-defaix-chablis-1er-cru-cote-de-lechet-2022-1500ml","title":"Domaine Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet 2023 (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Bursting with lemon curd, warm milk and crushed chalk on the nose, the same follow onto the well-balanced, nobly creamy and dry palate. 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The generous and seductively textured medium weight flavors possess a sappy mouthfeel while displaying fine length on the markedly saline finish…\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003cstrong\u003e90-92 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiam. On the opposite flank of the Valvan Valley to Les Vaillons, and with a deep soil of bleu d'argile (blue clay) yet still with plenty of limestone, Montmains is commonly cited as producing 'textbook' Chablis of minerality and verve. Defaix’s wine is sourced from a sub-plot of 35-year-old vines in a cool terroir close to the Serein River—a site that lends this wine its mineral backbone.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Bernard Defaix","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":43504098443373,"sku":"BIBDEFCHAB18","price":114.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"6 Bottle Case","offer_id":45269195817069,"sku":"BIBDEFCHAB18-6","price":655.44,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1421\/5622\/files\/9a886184-503c-43d2-9822-92e86141465f.jpg?v=1759306433"},{"product_id":"bernard-defaix-chablis-1er-cru-montee-de-tonnerre-2023","title":"Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Didier calls this \"more tonic\", and it does have a refreshing, feel-good vibrancy. Detailed on the nose with forward scents of citrus zest, toasted almonds and sea shore, more of the same follows on the doubly intense palate. Crisply dry and already very complete, this is one not to miss in the line-up.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e94 points, Christy Canterbury MW, Tim Atkin Burgundy Report\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiam. Defaix’s Montée de Tonnerre comes from old vines in Chapelot, which forms 20 hectares of the vineyard on a similar southeast-facing aspect to the neighbouring Grands Crus. The vineyard’s iconic grower is, of course, Raveneau, although Moreau-Naudet, Billaud-Simon and others farm vines in this prestigious lieu-dit. 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