J&S Dauvisat Chablis 1er Cru Les Preuses 2018

Sébastien Dauvissat is the most recent in an extended line of the Dauvissat family that has been in possession of this notable domaine since 1899. The cave is positioned under the family house which dates from the 17th century and where the road to the hamlet of Chichée begins. The first formal bottling of wines under the Dauvissat label occurred on a limited scale in 1963. Then, in 1978 and 1979, Sébastien’s father Jean Dauvissat increased production to 3,000 bottles per annum. The physical expansion of the domaine under his management, along with ever-increasing quality and accompanying renown, has resulted in the cessation of sales to negotiants and the bottling of the entire annual production of approximately 50,000 bottles.

The Dauvissat holdings in “Les Preuses” equal three-quarters of a hectare. The vineyard sits near the high point of the hillside on the right bank of the Serein river that courses by the village of Chablis and in close proximity to the neighboring Grand Cru of “Bougros”. The “Les Preuses” produced by Sébastien Dauvissat is always generous with an ebullient bouquet that, in very ripe vintages, has a tendency to “muscat”, that is to say it adds a layer of exotic, ripe fruit to its bouquet.