Clotilde Davenne Chablis 2022 MARLBOROUGH hence Fontsainte—the saint’s fount

hence Fontsainte—the saint’s fount

the Gauthier family enjoyed their wines privately until 1979

Finish - Ultra long and rich

They range from calcarious-clayey soils with sandy emergences in Barbaresco and Treiso to argillous-calcarious sedimentary ground with grey-blue sandstones in Neive

Notes of vanilla and lime lead to a lovely smooth citric clean flavour

Clotilde Davenne Chablis 2022 MARLBOROUGH hence Fontsainte—the saint’s fount100% Chardonnay from 40 year old vines from the village of Courgis (Chablis AOC). Pure Kimmeridgian soils. Hand harvested and fermented in tank. 100% malolactic and rested on lees for 8 12 months, bottled after racking off the lees. Clotilde, who comes from a cattle farming family, began her wine career as chief oenologist for the well known Chablis producer Jean Marc Brocard. After working with Brocard for 16 years she eventually began assembling her