Domaine Drouhin-Vaudon - Chablis Vaudesir 2018

The site: a renowned vineyard with a topography unlike any other in Burgundy. The curved line and steep slope evoke an ancient theater. It benefits from a dual exposure: due south in the north and southwest in the south. One of the seven Grand Cru vineyards of Chablis, and among the largest. History & tradition: the name of this cru comes from the "Chemin des Vaudésirs" (Path of the "Vaudésirs"), which divides the terroir in two. In 1960, 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.