Bourgogne Rouge
- Red
- Pinot Noir
About Daniel-Etienne Defaix
Daniel-Etienne Defaix's commitment to extraordinarily long aging, organic farming, and natural fermentations puts him well outside the region's mainstream, but his deeply expressive late-released wines are Chablis to their core.
On the plain above Chablis' swath of grand crus, Defaix owns less than a hectare of old Pinot Noir, and from it he produces a rare example of a red wine from this zone. Aged in tank with natural settling of lees like his Chablis, it offers bright, tangy fruits and a salty streak that speaks of its Kimmeridgian origins.