Domaine Samuel Billaud

Chardonnay wine from the village of Chablis, France.

"Quite simply, Samuel Billaud is one of the best producers in Chablis at the moment."
Neal Martin, Vinous.

Producing crisp, clean and mineral wines, Samuel Billaud is a fourth generation winemaker who started in the family domaine - Billaud-Simon in 1985 - until he decided to set up on his own in 2009. Grown predominantly on 30-60 year old wines, Samuel has been slowly increasing his holdings. In 2014 Billaud-Simon was sold to Faiveley - from the sale of which Samuel inherited one sixth of the family vineyard holdings - 4.2 hectares of vineyards in total. He also built himself a new state-of-the-art winery. 

So there is no doubt that these are wines to watch out for.
As Neal Martin also said - “We should see him...at the top of Chablis producers alongside...Raveneau and Vincent Dauvissat.”

Wonderful to drink at lunch, as an aperitif or at dinner – so versatile.