Bernard Defaix, fourth generation of a family of vine-growers, started in 1959 with 2 hectares. At about this time, the first techniques for protecting vineyards from spring frosts were discovered.
Over the years, Bernard and his wife Monique have acquired new land. Their efforts duly enriched the domain, which now included some of the best named places of the Chablis region.
Today, true to the family tradition, the domain is run by Sylvain and Didier. Bernard nevertheless continues to provide his expert advice to his two sons.
The domain stretches over 26 hectares : Chablis Premier Cru (Côte de Lechet, Vaillons and Lys), Chablis and Petit Chablis.
The Michel family have been cultivating their passion for tradition and the Chablis terroir since 1850.
The winery is situated right in the heart of the village, with the 25-hectare vineyard spread over the very first slopes that were discovered by Cistercian monks in the 11th century.
40 years ago, the family decided to stop making the wine in wooden barrels, preferring to create clean, pure and precise Chablis without adding artificial woody tastes.
Our vineyard is the fruit of the dedicated labour of our previous generations.
Gilles studied oenology at university where he met Nathalie (an oenologist as well). Today, thanks to the knowledge and the experience acquired in different areas (in France as well as abroad), we endeavour to valorise and enrich the patrimony entrusted to us. Equally, we collaborate with different wine organisms and the development of our appellation with the ChablisDefence Appellation Syndicate, INAO, and BIVB for example.
We have two children, who although still young, already appear to emulate their parents passion in viticulture.
Since 1585 in the respect of the traditions.
Chablis, this name is known all over the world. This réputation is due to the prestigious wines that are produced in this village of 2500 people based in Burgundy. The Domaine Raoul Gautherin et fils is a family estate transmitted from father to son for many generations. We benefit an ancestral knowledge and a top-ofthe-range vineyard exposed on the best hillsides. Our wines are elaborated in a traditional way, to let express our inimitable clay-limestone soil. Our vineyards are cultivated with rigor and passion in a reasoned and sustainable way.
Domaine Sebastien Dampt is a new domaine in Burgundy, created by Sebatien Dampt who has come from a proud family with a 150 year tradition of winemaking. Sebastien inherited 9 acres of AC Chablis and just over 3.5 acres of the famed premier cru vineyard les Vaillons. The vines are tended organically on the chalky limestone and clay soils that have made Chablis so famous. Sebastien cut his teeth at Chablis’ famous Domaine Laroche and also in various other regions around the world including a vintage here in Australia. Sebastien continues to work in his father’s domaine, the famed Domaine Daniel Dampt, and has also built his own winemaking facility with all the modern stainless steel vinification equipment needed to make clean and pure Chablis. All the wines are estate made and bottled, and show what can be done with exceptional fruit to produce wines with personality that reflect their terroir.
Domaine William Fèvre works passionately to express Chablis’ terroirs, respecting the region’s environment and traditional practices. The team works throughout the year with exacting levels of care and precision to achieve excellence and reveal the true characteristics of each climat.
As well as maintaining the deep-rooted values upon which the family has always insisted, the domain has managed to instill its vineyards and its wines with great vitality, thanks to modern technology and a resolute avant-garde vision.
Style is an empty shell. Wine’s potential lies in its sensual response. For Chablis, this is derived from its terroir, which creates freshness and minerality.
The Durup family, wine growers for generations, have cultivated the vineyards of Chablis for centuries. Jean Durup reassembled the vineyards of the Château de Maligny, an estate managed during the last century by Paul Gally his great grandfather. L’Églantière is Jean Durup’s most renowned label in France.
Domaine Louis Moreau was born from the passion of a family settled in Chablis in 1814. As soon as the late 19th century, the love of this family for great wines brought her to purchase plots in Grands Crus and Premiers Crus. Nowadays, proprietor of parcels in 5 of the Grands Crus, including a monopole, the domaine works many plots within the appellations of Petit Chablis, Chablis and Premiers Crus, in full respect of the environment. The most prestigious of its wines is the monopole Chablis Grand Cru Clos des Hospices dans les Clos whose acquisition was made by the Moreau family in 1904.
Louis Moreau, who has been heading the domaine since 1994, elaborates wines of unique style, combining minerality, fineness, elegance and purity.
Olivier Tricon’s vineyard is located in the surrounds of Chablis on hillsides and it has the benefit of south-western and south-eastern aspects, for maximum exposure to the sun.
The Domaine de Vauroux is located on high ground outside the village of Chablis and offers visitors a 360° panoramic view down onto vines in the vicinity.
Using grapes from his 106 or so acres (43 hectares), Olivier Tricon offers wines in the appellations Chablis, Chablis Premier Cru Montmains, Chablis Premier Cru Montée de Tonnerre, and Chablis Grand Cru Bougros. In addition to the wine which is produced at Domaine de Vauroux, négociant vinificateur (wine-making and wine-merchant) operations are also carried on under the brand “Olivier Tricon” at all appellation levels.
In 2001, Olivier Tricon acquired 6.5 hectares (approx. 16 acres) of land in the Bourgogne Chardonnay Sur Tonnerre appellation area, in order to supplement his offering of wine produced using grapes from vines with very good exposure to the sun.
Along with François Raveneau, Dauvissat is unquestionably Chablis' greatest producer, owning some of the oldest and best vineyards, including prized sections of the grand crus, Les Clos and Les Preuses.
