Domaine Baudouin Millet
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PETIT CHABLIS 2022
Bottle Shot
Unusually for a Chablis domaine, Baudouin Millet has much more Petit Chablis than AOC Chablis (region-wide there is about three times more Chablis than Petit Chablis).
They have nine hectares of Petit Chablis located in the far south-east of the region, just within the commune of Poilly-sur-Serein. The vines are approaching 40 years of age, and were the initial plantings by Philippe Millet in the early 1980s.
Picked late compared to the viticultural norm, it was fermented and matured in enamel-lined steel tank, resting on its lees for about six months (they also release an extended lees PC bottling called La Perle). It saw full malolactic fermentation.
Tremendous value, classic expression of Chablis. Fruit is sourced from their 30 year old vineyard plots in Beru and Viviers in the far east of the region. The vineyard soils are pure Kimmeridgian limestone, full of fossilised shells.
The winemaking is exactly the same as for the Petit Chablis – fermentation and maturation in enamel-lined steel tank, resting on its lees for about six months, after full malolactic fermentation.