Chablis Producers Flashcards
What 3 Grands Crus does Domaine Raveneau produce?
Valmur
Les Clos
Blanchot
What 6 Premiers Crus does Domaine Raveneau produce?
Montée de Tonnerre Vaillons Butteaux (within Montmains) Chapelot (within MDT) Mont-Mains Forêt (within Montmains)
What year did François Raveneau retire? When did he pass away?
Retired in 1995
Died in 2000
How large is Raveneau’s Les Clos holdings?
A little over 1 acre (0.5ha)
What’s the biggest stylistic difference between Raveneau and Dauvissat?
Raveneau’s wines see bâtonnage and Dauvissat’s do not. Very different textures between the two because of this.
How long are Raveneau’s wines aged and in what vessels?
18 months in old oak barrels and feuillette (132L)
What is the size of a feuillette? Pièce?
Feuillette (132L)
Pièce (228L)
Above what Grand Cru vineyard is Dauvissat’s Petit Chablis sourced?
Les Clos
What Premier Cru wines does Dauvissat produce?
Vaillons
Séchet/Sécher (within Vaillons)
La Forest/Les Forêts (within Montmains)
What Grands Crus does Vincent Dauvissat produce?
Les Clos
Les Preuses
Between Dauvissat and Raveneau, which wines are easier to find in the U.S?
Raveneau as it’s imported by Kermit Lynch to the U.S.
Dauvissat is easier to find in France as long-standing relationships have formed there between loyal clients and restaurants.
Since when has Dauvissat been estate bottling?
1931
When was Domaine Raveneau founded?
Founded in 1948
What Grands Crus does William Fevre produce? (6)
Bougros Clos des Bouguerots (Bougros) Les Clos Valmur Vaudésir Les Grenouilles
What is the only Grand Cru that William Fèvre doesn’t produce?
Blanchot