The Winery Bernard Defaix of Chablis of Burgundy

Winery Bernard Defaix
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Vignerons de Nature.
It is ranked in the top 44 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chablis in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Bernard Defaix is one of the world's great estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Chablis to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Bernard Defaix wines

Looking for the best Winery Bernard Defaix wines in Chablis among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Bernard Defaix wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Bernard Defaix wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Bernard Defaix

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Bernard Defaix

How Winery Bernard Defaix wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of very simple spaghetti carbonara, papillotes of mackerel or mussels with chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Bernard Defaix

On the nose the white wine of Winery Bernard Defaix. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or lime and sometimes also flavors of minerality, pear or toasty. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Bernard Defaix. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Bernard Defaix

  • 2023With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 2022With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.03/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Bernard Defaix.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Chablis

Chablis is a historic town and wine region in NorthCentralFrance. It produces light, Dry white wines, renowned for their minerality and lively Acidity. AOC Chablis wines are produced exclusively from the Chardonnay grape. The wines of Chablis are made in a rather different style from those produced elsewhere in Burgundy.

They are drier and fresher, rather than heavier and more Aromatic. Most basic Chablis is fermented and aged in stainless steel, with the use of oak barrels being more common for the top wines, although large used barrels are more likely to be used than New ones, and the wines spend less time in them than in Côte d'Or. The town and its vineyards are located a considerable distance (over 100 kilometers) northwest of the main wine regions of Burgundy, from the Côte de Nuits to the Maconnais. They are actually closer to Sancerre (Loire) and Les Riceys (southern Champagne) and to the city of Paris.

The top red wines of Winery Bernard Defaix

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Bernard Defaix

How Winery Bernard Defaix wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with dark beer, veal paupiettes with mushrooms or civet of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Bernard Defaix

On the nose the red wine of Winery Bernard Defaix. often reveals types of flavors of iron, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Bernard Defaix. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Bernard Defaix

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Bernard Defaix.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

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Planning a wine route in the of Chablis? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Bernard Defaix.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.