Domaine Drouhin-Vaudon - Chablis Montmains 2020

The site: this vineyard is the northernmost in the entire domaine Joseph Drouhin in the Chablis appellation area. It is one of the seven Premier Crus due to its excellent exposure and the concentration of Kimmeridgian pebbles in the soil, which often gives Chablis a very recognizable typicity. History & tradition: In the 1960s, when the Chablis vineyards were largely abandoned, Robert Drouhin believed in the potential of this soil, ravaged a century earlier by phylloxera. He was among the first Burgundian owners to develop it, producing wines typical of their terroir of origin. The soil: Kimmeridgian limestone containing billions of tiny marine fossils in a whitish cement that must have been the ocean floor... 130 million years ago. This marine origin gives Chablis wines a unique flavor.