# Val de Mer Chablis Chardonnay (2025)

- **Producer:** Patrick Piuze
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Chardonnay
- **Region:** Burgundy, France
- **Style:** Classic
- **Alcohol:** 12.5%
- **Average price:** €30
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** blossom, apple, pear, lemon, grapefruit, cream

## About this wine

Val de Mer is a collaborative project created by star Chablis winemaker Patrick Piuze and Champagne producer François Moutard of Moutard-Diligent. Based in Tonnerre, Burgundy, this estate highlights authentic regional character. Unlike Piuze's single-parcel bottlings under his own domain name, Val de Mer Chablis blends fruit from three distinct village sites—Des Couverts, Préhy, and Lignorelles—offering a classic and holistic expression of Chablis' famous Kimmeridgian limestone soils.

## Interesting facts

- Val de Mer is a partnership between Chablis winemaker Patrick Piuze and Champagne producer François Moutard.
- The wine blends grapes from three distinct Chablis village parcels: Des Couverts, Préhy, and Lignorelles.
- It is aged in an above-ground cellar in Tonnerre, exposing the wine to natural seasonal temperature changes.
- Vineyards sit on Kimmeridgian limestone rich in prehistoric marine fossils of Exogyra virgula oysters.

## Food pairing

Classic dry Chablis thrives on vivid acidity and mineral sharpness. It cuts through oily fish, balances creaminess in soft goat cheeses, and highlights the delicate natural sweetness and brininess of fresh shellfish and seafood.

## Wine making process

Farmed sustainably according to lutte raisonnée principles, the grapes are 100% hand-harvested at harvest. Spontaneous fermentation occurs in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks using indigenous yeasts, eschewing wood contact completely to preserve fruit purity and chalky minerality. The wine matures on its fine lees in stainless steel inside an above-ground cellar in Tonnerre, allowing it to respond naturally to seasonal ambient temperature shifts prior to bottling.