Chablis 1er Cru Vieilles Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2030
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2024 growing season in Chablis proved exceptionally demanding, characterized by persistent cool, wet conditions throughout spring and early summer that elevated mildew pressure and tested sustainable vineyard management. A protracted flowering period and localized frost reduced overall potential yields, yet late-season moderation allowed the remaining fruit from old-vine parcels to achieve pristine physiological ripeness with laser-focused natural acidity and classic limestone expression. On the market, the vintage is regarded as a classically austere, low-volume year celebrated for freshness and terroir precision over overt weight. As of 2026, the wine remains tightly coiled and benefits from cellaring, with optimal maturity projected from late 2027 through 2036.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Seared sea scallops in lemon-herb butter, roasted turbot with beurre blanc, freshly shucked Gillardeau oysters.
✨ Technical Specifications
Sourced from old-vine parcels rooted deeply in Kimmeridgian limestone marl laden with fossilized Exogyra virgula shells, this Premier Cru reflects the concentrated, low-yield character of mature root systems along the Serein River valley. Vinification prioritizes linear focus and purity, primarily utilizing temperature-controlled stainless steel vats with a small portion aged in seasoned neutral French oak barrels to build texture without imparting heavy toast. Fine lees contact lends mid-palate volume, balancing the hallmark mineral cut, iodine notes, and crystalline citrus profile quintessential to northern Burgundian Chardonnay.
🍾 About the Producer
Closerie des Alisiers is the flagship négoce label created by Stéphane Brocard, scion of the celebrated Chablis vigneron Jean-Marc Brocard. Establishing his independent boutique négociant house in 2007, Brocard departed from the family estate to develop an artisanal range uniting northern Burgundy precision with select appellations across the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune, and the Mâconnais. Rather than mass-market sourcing, Brocard maintains multi-year partnerships with independent growers, predominantly favoring sustainable and certified organic viticultural methods. Rooted in classic Kimmeridgian marl, limestone scree, and clay soils across northern and central Burgundy, the wines are vinified with minimal intervention, restrained oak usage—rarely exceeding twenty percent new wood—and an unyielding emphasis on tension, site transparency, and pure orchard fruit. Benchmark bottlings include his Chablis Premier Cru Vieilles Vignes, Petit Chablis Cuvée Les Cailloux du Serein, Chablis 1er Cru Montmains, and regional vieilles vignes expressions, all underscoring a crystalline, mineral-driven Burgundian character.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.0%