Alcohol: 12.5%
Grape(s): 100% Chardonnay
Location: Chablis, Burgundy, France
Tasting Notes: Aromas of fresh herbs, white blossoms and chalk dust. Refined, pure and lively, with flavors of lemons, limes and sea salt.
Notes: Made from 100% Chardonnay grown on classic Kimmeridgian marl near the village of La Chapelle Vaupelteigne, just west of 1er Cru Fourchaume. The wine ferments with indigenous yeast and is aged exclusively in stainless steel, with no oak, and bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Food Pairing: Enjoy chilled as an aperitif, or with oysters and other fresh shellfish.
Winery Story: Domaine de Chantemerle was founded in the 1960s by Adhémar Boudin, the father of winemaker Francis Boudin. The family decided to make wine full-time in the 1970s, and in 1981 Francis joined his father to tend the family's Chardonnay vines in Chablis. The Boudin family farms some 35 acres and produces just three Chablis wines: a "straight" Chablis from the villages of Villy and Chapelle, a premier cru 'Fourchaume', and a rare premier cru 'L'Homme Mort'. Francis ages his wines exclusively in stainless steel tanks, believing French oak can mask the natural aromas and texture of Chablis Chardonnay.
