Domaine des Malandes Vaudésir Chablis Grand Cru 2011

There is a deft touch of wood framing the naturally spiced and overtly ripe aromas that include both white and yellow orchard fruit, dried apricot, saline nuances and enough Chablis character to be convincing. There is impressive power to the relatively broad-shouldered and concentrated flavors that brim with mouth coating dry extract that also buffers the very firm acid backbone on the almost painfully intense finish. This will require the better part of a decade to arrive at its peak but it should definitely be worth the wait. Special designation: Don't miss! Drink: 2018+. Score - 92-94. (Allen Meadows, burghound.com, Sept. 10, 2012)