Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis 1er Cru 'Cote de Lechet' 2013 Lombardy The Moscato is harvested from

The Moscato is harvested from the Ca’del Buc vineyard in the Asti commune of Castagnole Lanze

represents about 10% of the annual production of the domaine

in other words) added for complexity

the soils are very poor and porous which permit the vines to extend deeply into the soil

but it stays out of the way of the fruit-and-spice main event

Daniel-Etienne Defaix Chablis 1er Cru 'Cote de Lechet' 2013 Lombardy The Moscato is harvested fromDefaixs Cte de Lechet is a master class in mineral precision. This remarkably steep site (a 45% gradient) with very poor soil produces a wine that Danny describes as embodying the real, true mineral expression of Chablis. Freshly blasted chalk dominates the nose, with notes of lemon, honey, and fresh herbs lurking underneath; still, this is a wine of minerality first and foremost. The family owns a 3. 5 hectare parcel of 45 year old vines in this