Producer >
A cornerstone of Chablis, Domaine William Fèvre has played a defining role in establishing the region's reputation for precision and minerality. Its extensive holdings across key climates articulate Chablis as a wine of chalk, tension and clarity rather than weight.
Viticulture >
Les Preuses is probably taken from the word “Perreuse” (stone), the name given to the ancient Roman road which ran below the current vineyard. Made for ageing thanks to a dense, compact, clay-rich soil resting on a limestone bed.
Winemaking >
KNOW-HOW • HARVEST: Manual
• VINIFICATION: Use of the principle of gravity so as to avoid all pumping, which could harm the quality of the
wine. Brief (1½ - 2 hours) pneumatic pressing to obtain a gentle separation of the solid and liquid parts of the
grape. Very light static settling of the juice to preserve enough fine lees so that the alcoholic and malolactic
fermentations can occur naturally. The must is run into French oak barrels (aged of 6 years in average) for 50 to
60% of the harvest. The remainder is vinified in small stainless steel vats.
• MATURING: 14 to 15 months, of which 5 to 6 months on fine lees in French oak barrels, for 50 to 60% of the
harvest. The end of maturation occurs in small stainless steel vats.
Chardonnay
12.5
FRANCE
6
Cork
William Fevre
HVE 
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