2018 Domaine Francois Raveneau Les Clos, Chablis Grand Cru, France Bernard Baudry making wine permanently and might

making wine permanently and might even have your property

a melange of porphyry and melaphyrWine-making: Fermented and matured in a mixture of stainless steel vats and neutral 10+-year-old 1200L German stückfass from Hösch

8ha parcel was replanted in 2012

sandy soils from the Miocene epoch

The grapes were hand-harvested on the 9th of September

2018 Domaine Francois Raveneau Les Clos, Chablis Grand Cru, France Bernard Baudry making wine permanently and mightFrom the heart of the Les Clos amphitheater on Kimmeridgian limestone, this Chardonnay is hand harvested, whole cluster pressed, and fermented with native yeasts before a long, low intervention levage in seasoned oak and tank. The 2018 vintage brings ripe citrus and orchard fruit layered with oyster shell salinity, iodine, and cool chalk. The palate is concentrated yet poised, carrying fine, tactile extract, bracing acidity, and a long, mineral finish