The Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis Premier Cru Les Lys 2010 is a wine of great stature, created with care from the exceptional 2003 vintage. Produced from Kimmeridgien marl soil and aged using traditional methods, this wine offers rich aromas and complexity. The grapes, carefully nurtured over a decade, showcase a beautiful balance of minerality, richness, and subtle fatness, offering a wine that honors the family motto "Vir Fidelis et Fortis" (with strength and fidelity). Ideal for those who appreciate a wine with depth and history.

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This wine has an imperial stature like "Caesar" admiring his lands, his vineyards and his wines. In 2003, front of this exceptional sunny vintage, my father took time to taste the first wines at the end of the harvests before God welcomed him in his eternal vines. The fruits of these beautiful and latest harvests with my dear father Etienne, I kept them for 10 years with great care to share them now and strengthen
our family motto: Vir Fidelis et Fortis (with strength and fidelity). 

Soil : Kimmeridgien Marl.
Exposition : south-east.
Grape variety : Chardonnay
Vinification and growing:
-best of wine at pressuring
- Alcoholic fermentation with natural yeast at 18 °C for 3 weeks.
- Malolactic fermentation achieved.
- Stirring of fine lees each month for 18 months in order to concentrate the aromas, give it more fatness and enzymatic qualities for a long ageing.