Domaine Chevalier - Bourgogne Blanc 2020
Price: $34.50
| Producer | Domaine Chevalier |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 08886 |
Domaine Chevalier Description
Tasting Notes: Transparent golden color, bright and clear with green reflections. The nose is discreet, fine, fresh, and elegant, with soft and subtle aromas. The wine is fatty on the palate at the start with a good balance between freshness and roundness. Notes of honey and white flowers, with a hint of smokiness. Long finish with a surprising punch of prunelle (plum liqueur).
Serving Suggestions: Excellent as an aperitif or paired with fish or poultry.
Marcelle Dubois, along with his daughter and son-in-law, Emile Chevalier, inherited the estate just after WWI. Conscientious and meticulous, Emile Chevalier spent years of hard work perfecting the quality of the vines after the difficult years of the phylloxera crisis. His son, Georges, took over management after Emile and began to enlarge the estate and increase the prestige of Domaine Chevalier, beginning with the planting of 3 hectares of vines in Gamay.
Georges Chevalier learned quickly, not only because he loved this work, but because of his serious dedication to producing remarkable wines. In 1959, he decided to bottle all the harvests, the result being that since 1969, all wines sold to his customers were sold in bottles bottled on the estate. In 1975, Georges’ son Claude joined the family business, and continued to expand the estate by adding a further 11 hectares.
Since 1994, Claude, with the influence of his father, has concentrated solely on vinification of Estate wines. In 1998, he decided to change certain working methods in the vineyard, as well as the vinification process—new barrel selection, fermenting time, maturing time in barrels, filtration, etc.
Today, the estate is run by Claude Chevalier’s three daughters who represent the 5th generation of wine-growers in the Chevalier family: Chloé has been managing winegrowing and winemaking since 2008 after obtaining her Viticulture-Oenology BTS in Beaune; Julie, who has a diploma from the l’école de Commerce de Reims, directs sales and administration; and Anaïs, who joined her sisters in the business in 2012, handles accounting and welcoming customers to the winery.
