Domaine Francois Raveneau
Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2022
| Denomination | Chablis AOC |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Burgundy (France) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Aging | Wines are aged for 18 months in older oak barrel and feuillette (most of which comes from barrel-maker Chassin), of which a very small percentage is new. |
Awards
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2022
92/100
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2022
94/100
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Serve at:
10 - 12 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
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- Start up year: 1948
- Hectares: 10
François was the first member of his family to bottle his own wine; previously the grapes had been sold to other estates to use. François's father, Louis Raveneau had previously owned a number of parcels of land in Chablis, but sold them all during the 1950s. Chablis was going through a difficult economic period due to increased competition from the Languedoc wine region which reduced the demand for Chablis, decimation of the vineyards from phylloxera and the interruption in production due to World War II. François still saw the potential of the region and took advantage of low land prices in the 1960s and 1970s to expand the estate, including parcels in some of the Chablis Grand cru vineyards.
Raveneau had developed a good reputation for their wine within France by the 1970s. A wine importer from the United States, Kermit Lynch, had tasted their wine at Taillevent restaurant in Paris and phoned the estate to try to arrange a visit with the domaine, but was told by François that they were not interested in exporting and then hung up. It took a number of years to convince François to export his wine, but Lynch was eventually successful and began to bring the wines into the United States in the early 1980s, giving the estate its first significant international exposure.
The current proprietor of the estate is Jean-Marie Raveneau, who started working at the estate in 1978 after having studied at the Lycée viticole de Beaune and took over the winemaking role full-time in 1984. His father François continued to assist until his retirement in 1988. Jean-Marie is assisted by Bernard Raveneau, his elder brother who joined the estate in 1995. Read more
| Name | Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons 2022 |
|---|---|
| Type | White green still |
| Denomination | Chablis AOC |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Chardonnay |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Vendor | Domaine Francois Raveneau |
| Origin | Chablis |
| Soil composition | Kimmeridgian Limestone |
| Harvest | ed by hand. |
| Wine making | Grapes pressed gently by pneumatic press. Only indigenous yeasts are used. Juice is left to settle, and then racked off its lees into cuve to ferment. Alcoholic fermentation takes two weeks, followed by a malolactic fermentation in barrel. |
| Aging | Wines are aged for 18 months in older oak barrel and feuillette (most of which comes from barrel-maker Chassin), of which a very small percentage is new. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |