2022 Chablis

A blend from three parcels located opposite the Premier Cru Vaillons. Floral and mineral, it can be aged for two to five years and pairs well with a variety of dishes: aperitifs, shellfish, and cold buffets. The quintessential wine of the appellation.

The Domaine owns 1.8 hectares across 4 parcels, all situated between the 1er Cru of Vaillons and Montmains. Northwest exposition. 1 plot of 20-year-old vines, 1 plots of 45 years old and finally 2 x parcels 60-year-old vines. Lilian explains that when you have the benefit of old vines, their ‘experience’ helps to negate the warmer weather, they are not so easily influenced by these factors. Pressed straight into tank, no preferment racking or setting, wild fermentation, malo finished in tank. Chablis then see 10 to 12 months elevage total in tank before bottling.

The work in the vineyard, in an appellation like Chablis, and on plots like those of DOMAINE DUPLESSIS, is essential to the production of high-quality wines: throughout the seasons, we are busy between the rows pruning, cleaning, monitoring because that is where the wine is made.

No chemical fertilizers, no synthetic insecticides or fungicides, no products that could damage the soil or the vines and, ultimately, the quality of our wines. Weed control is mechanical; cover cropping helps to naturally combat many pests; sulfur and copper—natural minerals—help fight powdery mildew and downy mildew in very small doses. These constraints, which we have voluntarily imposed on ourselves, require extra attention and monitoring. In our opinion, the health of the soil, the vines, the winemakers, and the consumers depends on it.

“Zen-like: clinical, efficient and linear Chablis”

- Neal Martin - Wine Advocate