Samuel Billaud, Chablis 1er Cru Les Vaillons Vieilles Vignes, 2024 Wholesale10 It is made in the

It is made in the traditional direct-press style

and the wine reflects it: silky

Brachetto d'Acqui is Piedmont's most playful wine—a fragile

and the kind of bottle that turns dessert into the main event

The wine undergoes slow fermentation in the cellar's cool conditions and develops great balance between fruit and acidity with creamy texture and purity

Samuel Billaud, Chablis 1er Cru Les Vaillons Vieilles Vignes, 2024 Wholesale10 It is made in theVaillons is the big left bank premier cru south of Chablis 129 hectares taking in eight lieux dits and Billaud's holding is a single plot in the heart of it, on old vines facing southeast into the morning sun. Shallow soil over hard Kimmeridgian limestone gives Vaillons its signature pairing of intense aroma and mineral tension, and this cuvee never meets a barrel: fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel, at least ten months on fine lees, so