Le Domaine d’Henri


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PET NAT ‘CHABLIS’ BRUT NATURE 821 2020
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This is a Pet Nat or Method Ancestral but not your normal picnic ‘fruity’ bubbles. In fact I am hoping no-one will taking selfies whilst drinking this from the bottle. Given it’s the first Pet Nat we have put in the portfolio it felt only right it should be from Chablis. 100% hand picked Chardonnay (Blanc de Blanc) & Brut Nature ie zero dosage. Given Pet Nat can’t be made under the Chablis AOP it’s labelled 821. 821 relates to the number of days from the flowering to bottle leaving their cellars ie the finished wine.

 

PET NAT ‘CHABLIS’ BRUT NATURE 821 2021
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MICHEL LAROCHE & SES ENFANTS PETIT CHABLIS 2022
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Michel Laroche often says Petit Chablis has more in common stylistically with ‘flat’ Champagne than White Burgundy or ‘Chardonnay’ note and I totally agree. That leaner, mineral, unoaked, reductive style of Chardonnay that historically we associate with Petit Chablis is very much the characteristics of this wine.

This Petit Chablis comes from family certified organic vineyards from the around the villages of Beine, Chablis, and Maligny with a small portion acquired from a certified organic grower. Average age of vines is 25 years old.

Wild Ferment from pied de cuve, fermented then aged entirely in stainless steel on fine lees for a least minimum of six months. 100% malolactic.

 

MICHEL LAROCHE & SES ENFANTS CHABLIS 2023
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Sourced from 6 hectares of certified organically farmed vineyards from around the villages of Beine and Maligny. A combination of Estate grown fruit and a long term grower who also farms organically. Vines averaging 30 years old.

Wild Ferment from pied de cuve, fermented then aged entirely in stainless steel on fine lees for a least minimum of nine months. 100% malolactic.

 

CHABLIS VILLAGE ‘SAINT PIERRE’ 2022
Organic practises – certification pending
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This estate-grown Chablis is produced with full organic practices from 40-year-old vines, predominantly from the Lieu-dit of Maligny in the North, close to the winery and their beautiful holdings in the 1er Cru of Fourchaume along with a parcel from Flyes and from Chablis. Average age of 40 years old.

The grapes are hand-harvested, and the fermentation takes place with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks, followed by 100% malolactic fermentation. The wine is then aged in a combination of 65% stainless steel tanks, 15% amphora, and 20% in 228L and 600L oak barrels, with 4, 5, and 8 uses. It is aged on fine lees for 14 to 17 months before bottling.

 

CHABLIS 1ER CRU FOURCHAUME 2021
Organic practises – certification pending
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This 1er Chablis comes from 3 hectares of estate vineyards in Vaupulent, Fourchaume, and Homme Mort, within the renowned Fourchaume Premier Cru. Inside the 1er Cru itself there are smaller 1er Cru named parcels and Le Domaine d’Henri also bottle Homme Mort separately on exceptional vintages. Average age of the vines are 45 years old.

Hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts, the wine undergoes 100% malolactic fermentation, followed by 18 months of aging—50% in stainless steel and 50% in large oak barrels