Domain Dauvissat Chablis Vaillons 1989
The 1989 Domaine Dauvissat Chablis Vaillons is a white Burgundy wine from the Vaillons climat, classified as a Chablis Premier Cru. Made from 100% Chardonnay, it comes from the 1.4 hectares cultivated by the estate in this south-east facing terroir on Kimmeridgian soils. This cuvée thus expresses the identity of a Chablis Premier Cru that is fresh, generous, and driven by lively acidity.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chablis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Dauvissat
- Parcelle / Cru
- Vaillons
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Dauvissat
Domaine Vincent Dauvissat is a family-run estate based in Chablis, in the Yonne department. It cultivates 12 hectares spread across Petit Chablis, Chablis, premiers crus and grands crus, notably Les Clos and Les Preuses. Vincent Dauvissat now works alongside his children, Ghislain and Étiennette, who are involved in managing the vineyard and the winemaking process.
- Owner
- Vincent, Ghislain et Étiennette Dauvissat
- Maître de chais
- Vincent, Ghislain et Étiennette Dauvissat
- Surface (ha)
- 12.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The estate in question is Domaine Vincent Dauvissat, a producer of Chablis whose origins date back to the 1930s. Robert Dauvissat began bottling his own wines – rather than selling his entire harvest to wine merchants – from a one-hectare plot situated in the Les Clos and La Forest climats. In 1950, his son René and his wife Madeleine took over the estate. They gradually expanded the vineyard through the purchase and lease of plots, notably in the grands crus Les Clos and Les Preuses, as well as in the premiers crus La Forest and Séchet. Vincent Dauvissat joined his parents in the late 1970s. He took over the management of the estate when they retired in 1989. The estate has been using biodynamic methods in the vineyards since 2002. Ghislain and Étiennette Dauvissat now work alongside their father and are involved in both the management of the vineyards and the winemaking process. Some of the family’s vineyards may also be labelled as ‘Dauvissat-Camus’, Camus being the maiden name of Vincent Dauvissat’s mother.
Vaillons
Vaillons is a Premier Cru classified climat located on the left bank of the Serein, in the commune of Chablis. It constitutes a flagship climat to which seven other neighboring climats can be attached, the whole covering 129 hectares; this surface area therefore does not correspond solely to the cadastral locality of Vaillons. Situated in the upper part of the hillside and facing southeast, it mainly receives the morning sun. Its shallow soil features sticky clays above Kimmmeridgian limestones locally organized into compact slabs.
- Vineyard commune
- Chablis
- Origin of the vineyard name
- From the Latin "vallis" or "valles", evoking a small valley or an elongated space between two relief features.
- Exposure
- Southeast
- Soil
- Shallow soil, with sticky clays on the surface.
- Subsoil and geology
- High concentration of Kimmmeridgian limestones, sometimes in compact slabs.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.830000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- farmed by the estate; land tenure unspecified
Histoire de la parcelle
The name is attested under the spelling "Valion" in a document from 1429. Vaillons is among the first climats on the left bank of the Serein classified as Premier Cru. The regulatory demarcation associates the Vaillons climat with the cadastral localities "Les Vaillons" and "Sur les Vaillons", section F2 of Chablis.
