Winery Bernard Defaix - Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet'

Winery Bernard DefaixLes Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet'

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' of Winery Bernard Defaix is a white wine from the region of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' of Burgundy.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
The Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' of the Winery Bernard Defaix is in the top 90 of wines of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet'.

Taste structure of the Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' from the Winery Bernard Defaix

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' of Winery Bernard Defaix in the region of Burgundy is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

saline, honey

Wine with oak taste

butter

Wine with spices taste

savory

On the nose the Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' of Winery Bernard Defaix in the region of Burgundy often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of green apple, minerality or lemon.

Details and technical informations about Winery Bernard Defaix's Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet'.

Winemaker
Sylvain Defaix
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' - 2018
In the top 90 of of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' - 2017
In the top 90 of of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' - 2016
In the top 90 of of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' - 2015
In the top 90 of of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Les Hauts de Milly Chablis Premier Cru 'Côte de Léchet' from Winery Bernard Defaix are 2018, 2017, 2015, 2016

Informations about the Winery Bernard Defaix

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This winery is part of the Vignerons de Nature.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Bernard Defaix is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Burgundy
In the top 4000 of of France wines
In the top 100 of of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet' wines
In the top 2500 of white wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

The wine region of Chablis 1er Cru 'Côte de Lechet'

Premier Cru on the left bank of the Serein at Milly (Chablis), steep slopes up to 38%: 100% Chardonnay on Kimmeridgian clay-limestone and frost-degraded sandy limestone soils. Very sunny, tense and precise whites with frank citrus (lemon) and green apple, white flowers and flint notes. Vibrant, straight and mineral palate with chalky grain and signature high acidity. Pale robe with green highlights, airy elegance, ages 5-10 years.


The wine region of Burgundy

Absolute reference for great terroir wines: opulent, mineral Chardonnay in whites (chiselled Chablis, buttery Meursault, majestic Montrachet), fine and silky Pinot Noir in reds (full-bodied Gevrey, structured Pommard, delicate Volnay). Exceptional age-worthy wines with complex notes - red fruits, undergrowth, butter, hazelnut. Some lively Aligoté and light Gamay (Mâconnais). 29,500 ha, 84 tiered AOCs (Régionale, Village, 1er Cru, Grand Cru), 1,247 UNESCO Climats.

The word of the wine: Roast (taste of)

Characteristic taste of wines made from grapes affected by botrytis cinerea.

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