Domaine William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2023 AFKAT_2025 and clearly meant for the

and clearly meant for the dinner table

the better to allow a graceful evolution

and this bone-dry Riesling comes from roughly 60-year-old own-rooted vines in the limestone and granite sand of Cienega Valley

and this comes from their oldest vines on clay and limestone

so for our classic method we prefer regular ripening (with grapes balanced between acidity and structure) to the typical early harvesting of grapes for sparkling wines (in order to obtain more freshness)

Domaine William Fevre Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2023 AFKAT_2025 and clearly meant for theIf Montmains is the steely sibling, Vaillons is the rounder one. The site sits on the same left bank of the Serein but tends to give a broader, more fleshy Chablis. Fevre ages a portion in older barrels for texture, and the 2023 leans into that with white peach and acacia framing the classic oyster shell core. Among the most reliable Premier Crus in the village, and a calling card from a domaine that farms more of these slopes than almost anyone else.