2022 Domaine Guy Robin Vaillons 1er Cru Chablis Vielles Vignes

Marie-Ange Robin had it made in Paris. She was a successful art dealer living a good life. Then her father died in 2015, leaving behind a domaine legendary in Chablis for its extraordinary old-vine vineyards, but a winery not necessarily known for quality. She came home and changed everything. Her father Guy had assembled the parcels in the 1950s and '60s, when other growers were abandoning Chablis after repeated killing frosts. He had the vision, refusing to pull up old vineyards—but not the touch in the cellar.  Today, Robin's estate holds the second-largest collection of Grand Cru vineyards in Chablis. More importantly, 80% of their vines qualify as “vieilles vignes,” which are old vines that deliver complexity you can't fake or rush. The Vaillons parcels sit in the lieux-dits Beugnons and Mélinots. The soil is Kimmeridgian millefeuille, which consists of layers of white clay and fossilized oysters laid down 150 million years ago. She hand-harvests the fruit in these climats and use