Domaine Drouhin-Vaudon - Chablis Premier Cru Mont de Milieu 2018

The site: the climat Mont de Milieu is located to the southeast of the Grands Crus hill. This plot benefits from a higher average temperature and longer sunshine than the other Premiers Crus. The term "Mont de Milieu" refers to an ancient separation between Burgundy and the Champagne. History & tradition: In the 1960s, when the Chablis vineyards were largely abandoned, Robert Drouhin believed in the potential of this soil, ravaged a century earlier by phylloxera. He was among the first Burgundian owners to develop it, producing wines typical of their terroir of origin. The soil: Kimmeridgian limestone containing billions of tiny marine fossils in a whitish cement that must have been the ocean floor... hundreds of millions of years ago. This marine origin gives Chablis wines a unique flavor.