DOMAINE NATHALIE ET GILLES FÈVRE

Gilles and Nathalie Fèvre met at university where they both qualified as oenologists. Gilles is in charge of viticulture and Nathalie oversees vinification.

Gilles’ great grandfather began growing grapes and making wine in and around the village of Fontenay-Près-Chablis over a hundred years ago. They have now been joined by their daughter Julie – a qualified agricultural engineer and oenologue.

This is a wonderful 50-hectare domaine, all planted on Kimmeridgian limestone – 33 hectares of which are village Chablis.

They are absolutely delicious, mouth-watering, benchmark examples of pure, incisive, concentrated wines.

Chablis Vieilles Vignes, a 7-hectare plot in Fontenay-pres-Chablis, all on Kimmeridgien soils, planted in the 1950s and 1960s. Vinification for 18 months in stainless steel tanks, with 10% older oak. Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume, 10 hectares of east facing vines, planted mainly between 1952 and 1989. Vinified entirely in stainless steel. Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu, 0.5 hectares, sunny, south facing exposition. Vinified in 85% stainless steel and 15% older barrels. Chablis 1er Cru Vaulorent, south-west facing vines, planted between 1966 and 1975, abutting Les Preuses, at the southern tip of Fourchaume. Vinified in 85% stainless steel tanks and 15% 500ltr and 228ltr oak barrels (half new). Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses, a magnificent 2.3 hectare holding of 55-year-old vines, facing south. 70% stainless steel vinification in 30% 500ltr and 228ltr oak barrels (half new).

These are exceptional wines from a top quality domaine of increasingly great repute.

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