Producer
The domaine of Jean-Marc Brocard began as just one hectare, a gift from his father-in-law when he married into a winegrowing family. He has since expanded to 200 hectares, of which eighty are biodynamic, and is widely recognised as one of Chablis’s leading producers. The approach is one of minimal intervention in both vineyard and winery: cultivation is practically organic throughout, with ploughing in place of herbicides, predators instead of pesticides, manure rather than fertiliser, and as little spraying as the grapes’ health requires. The results are pure, unadorned expressions of the great chalk slopes of Chablis.
Vineyard
From the village of Préhy, this wine is from a south-facing vineyard. The soil is Kimmeridgian, with alternate layers of limestone and clay/marl containing fossilised marine bodies. The vines are thirty years old.
Winery
Following a pneumatic pressing, the juice underwent fermentation in stainless steel vats with temperature control, and malolactic fermentation was completed.
