Chablis Producers #2

Question 1

Domaine François Raveneau

3 Grand Cru

Answer 1

• Valmur
• Les Clos
• Blanchot

Question 2

Domaine François Raveneau

Chablis Premier Cru

Answer 2

• Butteau
• Forêt
• Monts Mains
• Montée de Tonnerre
• Vaillons

Question 3

Vincent Dauvissat (Dauvissat-Camus)

2 Grand Cru

Answer 3

• Les Clos
• Les Preuses

‘Dauvissat-Camus’ label - vines owned by other family members, although Vincent farms everything, identical to R. & V. Dauvissat

Question 4

Vincent Dauvissat

3 Premier Cru

Answer 4

• La Forest
• Séchet
• Vaillons

Question 5

Vincent Dauvissat

premier cru: despite much smaller price, equal in quality to both grand cru bottlings (Les Clos and Les Preuses)

Answer 5

La Fôret

Question 6

Vincent Dauvissat

Winemaking

Answer 6

• Fermentation in enameled steel
• Always aged in oak, 6-8 yo barrels
• Spontaneous malolactic fermentation, tartrates precipitate naturally
• No bâtonnage, unlike most producers in the region

Question 7

Top 5 Chablis Producers

Answer 7

• François Raveneau est 1948
• Vincent Dauvissat est 1931
• Domaine William Fèvre est 1959, GC 60-70% neutral (avg 6 yo), 1er 30-50% neutral, Chablis 10% neutral
• Patrick Piuze est 2008
• Louis Michel & Fils est 1850
• Christian Moreau est 1874 and 2002, GC and 1er 10% new
• Thomas Pico (Domaine Patte Loup) est 2005
• Moreau-Naudet est 1999
• Laurent Tribut est 1987
• Domaine Servin est 1654
• Daniel-Etienne Defaix cultivating 16th cent, producing 18th cent
• Billaud-Simon est 1815
• Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin est 1547, used to be heavy w/ oak, Fourchaume, Grenouilles, and Les Clos 50% wood, some GC 10% new
• Domaine Gilbert Picq est 1976

Question 8

Montée de Tonnerre

3 Producers

Answer 8

• Raveneau
• Patrick Piuze
• Billaud-Simon