Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Cote de Lechet 2022 CS20231031 Bring on the oysters

Bring on the oysters

and the limestone shifts as it rises

Which is why a red from the 2002 vintage is showing up now

Insiders quietly buy La Pieve

and sometimes misunderstood

Bernard Defaix Chablis 1er Cru Cote de Lechet 2022 CS20231031 Bring on the oystersBernard Defaix has been working the slopes around Milly since 1959, and the family is certified organic (with biodynamic preparations in the vineyards). Cote de Lechet is their flagship 1er Cru: a southeast facing, marl and limestone hillside on the left bank of the Serein, above Milly, where the Defaix's are the largest landholders. The stony soil here is studded with the fossilized Exogyra virgula oysters that give classic Chablis its electric