Wine Domaine Fevre Les Preuses AOC Chablis Grand Cru

An exquisite white wine from the AOC Chablis appellation. The wine is produced at the Domaine Fevre winery by married couple Nathalie and Gilles. The winery has been a family business for generations, with winemaking traditions dating back to 1745. The wine is made in small quantities: just 4,500 bottles. Chablis Grand Cru wines form a higher quality category of wines from the famous French Chablis region. These wines come from vineyards north of Chablis, are more ripe, characterized by a fruity bouquet, greater minerality and notes of acacia and honey. The group of Grand Cru-certified wines includes many valuable wines of barrel character. DOMAINE FEVRE LES PREUSES AOC CHABLIS GRAND CRU 2020 wine was aged for a minimum of 15 months. A maximum of 30% of the wine was aged in new oak barrels, the remainder in stainless steel tanks. The wine was bottled and stored in a climate-controlled cellar. Like top-quality Chablis Premier Cru wines, Chablis Grand Crue wines become even better after a sufficiently long aging period. DOMAINE FEVRE LES PREUSES wine is full-bodied and harmonious. It will open its potential and complexity after several years of storage in the cellar. The vineyard from which DOMAINE FEVRE LES PREUSES comes has a southwestern exposure, occupying 2.30 hectares and stretching along the right bank of the Serein River. The vines were planted between 1950 and 1973. The character of the Chablis Grand Cru les Preuses wine is also influenced by its unique terroir, which, in addition to its favorable location, is distinguished by stony soils rich in mixtures of marl and chalk, and is characterized by greater depth, which allows the vines to develop their root system and benefit from the unique terroir.

The color of the wine is light and straw-colored with subtle green highlights. The structure is dense and complex. Acidity is high. In the mouth, there are notes of lemongrass and citrus with a touch of mango and the freshness of sliced apple. The wine is very fresh and fruity, and the acidity is high. While drinking, one can sense its minerality coming from vines grown on stony soils.

The wine goes well with scallops, grilled lobster, crawfish, with fish in creamy herb sauces, with poultry or white meat in a cream sauce.