Val de Mer Non Dose
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, light seafood tempura, triple-cream cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Val de Mer is a collaborative project established by Chablis winemaker Patrick Piuze, focusing on expressing the cooler, northern limits of Burgundy. This Non Dosé sparkling wine is crafted using the traditional method from vineyards planted on the region's signature Kimmeridgian limestone and clay soils. By omitting the addition of a sweetening dosage liqueur before final corking, this cuvée offers an incredibly pure, bone-dry expression of northern Burgundian terroir. It captures the tension, vibrant energy, and intense chalky minerality characteristic of the Yonne department, showcasing a laser-like acidity balanced by delicate autolytic notes from lees aging.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded on July 1, 2008, by Quebecois vigneron Patrick Piuze, this boutique Chablis négociant-vinificateur has emerged as one of the region's most uncompromising champions of terroir. Following pivotal stints at Olivier Leflaive, Maison Verget under Jean-Marie Guffens, and Jean-Marc Brocard, Piuze established an innovative model grounded in long-term contracts with premier growers. Operating without owning vineyards, he works exclusively with old vines situated within the historical, unexpanded boundaries of Chablis. Sourcing from Kimmeridgian and Portlandian limestone slopes on both banks of the Serein River, Piuze mandates hand-harvesting, non-interventionist viticulture without chemical inputs, and early picking to preserve tension and saline freshness. Vinification is rigorously artisanal: vertical basket pressing, native yeast fermentation, and aging in neutral French oak barrels (four to eight years old) for cru bottlings or stainless steel for village wines, always bottled unfined and gently filtered. Signature releases include single-terroir village cuvées such as Les Bas de Chapelot and Plateau Cornasse, alongside premier crus like Butteaux, Forêts, and Montée de Tonnerre, and benchmark Grand Crus including Les Preuses and Blanchots.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12%