Robert Goulley Chablis 1er Cru 'Vaillons' 2022

The Goulley Vaillons is sourced from a small, southeast-facing plot of 45-year-old vines sitting at 180 metres elevation in Vaillons on clay/limestone soils. The fruit was direct-pressed and naturally fermented in stainless steel at cool temperatures. The wine went through full malo and rested on fine lees in stainless steel tanks for 10 months.

Robert Goulley is made by Domaine Gueguen located in Chablis. The juice is essentially the same wine that goes into the Domaine Gueguen bottlings. From the winery: "The freshness of Chablis, coming from a Kimmerigian soil, offers you an exceptional wine of pleasure, to be served in any occasion. Let yourself be surprised by its extraordinary fruitiness and minerality."

Based in the hamlet of Préhy, just 7 km southwest of Chablis. Although it’s dripping with the history of its founders, it was established in just 2013. The vineyards are largely inherited from Céline’s grandmother. Nearly all the fruit is estate-grown, with just a small amount in Chablis sourced from reputable growers.

The estate of Celine and Frederic Gueguen is made up of 25 hectares of vines in the villages of Chablis, Chichee, la Chapelle Vaupelteigne, Saint-Bris and Irancy.

Celine, from a winemaking family, worked with Frederic at her father Jean-Marc Brocards estate for over a decade before they decided in 2013 to go it alone and create their own wines.

Their cellar is in the small village of Prehy, where they work out of a 19th-century building crafting a deliberately modern style of wine, with a focus to respect and express their terroir.

One of their main goals is to preserve their soil, which is why they use neither chemical fertilisers nor herbicides. From 2015 onward all their wine have been made using exclusively organic processes, with the domaine beginning its conversion to certified organics with the 2019 vintage.