Chablis - Producers COPY

Question 1

Raveneau: House Style

Answer 1

All hand-harvested, at all levels.
Indigenous yeasts.
Fermented in cuve, aged in old oak, up to 18months, mix of pièces and feuillettes

Question 2

Raveneau: Wines Produced

Answer 2

Les Clos, Blanchot, Valmur
Vaillons, Butteaux, Montée de Tonnerre, Forêt, Mont-Mains

Question 3

Dauvissat: House Style

Answer 3

Follows the biodynamic calendar, not certified.
Hand-harvested, whole cluster pressed. Fermentation in tank, aged in 6-8 year old oak. 
NO BATONNAGE.

Question 4

Dauvissat: Wines Produced

Answer 4

Les Clos, Les Preuses
La Forest, Séchet, Vaillons

Question 5

What is Dauvissat-Camus?

Answer 5

A label for wines vinified by Vincent Dauvissat but owned by other family members. Vinification is identical to the R&V Dauvissat wines.

Question 6

From whence does Dauvissat source his Village and Petit Chablis?

Answer 6

Chablis faces La Forest.
Petit Chablis is a single plot on top of Les Clos.

Question 7

Where did Piuze start his winemaking career?

Answer 7

Olivier Leflaive’s Chablis négociant

Question 8

When did Piuze found his eponymous winery?

Answer 8

2008

Question 9

Piuze: Wines produced

Answer 9

Terroir de Chablis, Terroir de Fyé, Terroir de Courgis
Butteaux, Forêts, Montée de Tonnerre, Vaillons “Minots”, Vaulorent
Blanchots, Bougros, Bougros “Côte de Bouqueyraux”, Les Clos, Les Preuses, Valmur

Question 10

Piuze: Sparkling Wines

Answer 10

Crémant de Bourgogne “French Bubble”
Champagne Non-Dosé (single vineyard Champs Persin, Aube; neutral barrel, all 2011, labeled NV)

Question 11

William Fèvre: House Style

Answer 11

Fermentation and elevage in wood (2% new, much less than previous). Hand harvested.
No batonnage.
“Classy setup, class wines.” - Coates

Question 12

William Fèvre: Wines Produced

Answer 12

Bougros, Bougros “Clos des Bouguerots,” Les Clos, Grenouilles, Les Preuses, Valmur, Vaudésir
Beauroy, Les Lys, Montmains, Montée de Tonnerre, Vaillons, Vaulorent
48 hectares under vine - one of the largest in Chablis

Question 13

Who owns William Fèvre?

Answer 13

Henriot Champagne

Question 14

Billaud-Simon: House Style

Answer 14

Mostly stainless steel; Mont de Milieu VV, Blanchots VV, Tête d’Or VV aged in oak (100% for Blanchots, 40% for the others). Elegant. Underrated.

Question 15

Billaud-Simon: Wines Produced

Answer 15

Blanchots, Les Clos, Les Preuses, Vaudésir
Fourchaume, Mont de Milieu, Montée de Tonnerre, Vaillons

Question 16

Laurent Tribut: House Style

Answer 16

Natural yeast, fermented in tank. Aged in old oak for 12-18 months.
Like his brother in law: NO BATONNAGE.

Question 17

Laurent Tribut: Wines Produced

Answer 17

Beauroy, Côte de Léchet, Montmains

Question 18

Christian Moreau: House style

Answer 18

First vintage 2002; previously the vines were leased to J. Moreau et Fils.
Hand harvested. Fermented in tank but aged in 30-50% wood for the 1er and Grand Crus.

Question 19

Christian Moreau: Wines Produced

Answer 19

Les Clos, Valmur, Vaudésir
Vaillons