2020 Domaine Julien Baillard Vieilles Vignes Chablis

WSI93+ A golden yellow color with limpid highlights. Nose exhaling scents of citrus and butter. The palate is round and fatty, perfectly balanced acidity. The finish is fresh and sublimated by mineral touches. Our Chablis “Vieilles Vignes” will perfectly accompany goat cheese and white meat in sauce. Chablis “Vieilles Vignes” is a wine that can be enjoyed over the course of the next 5 years.

Domaine Baillard is a new name with a very long history in Chablis. Elodie Servin, the niece of François Servin can trace her roots back to the 16th century as the monks of Saint Martin mentioned the Servin family as owners of vineyards in Chablis. Unlike her more famous uncle, Elodie’s father, Jean focused on being a grower and selling his production to others. Following the marriage of Claudine Baillard (Julien’s daughter) and Jean Servin the estate of Julien Baillard was created. It started with 1.5ha and now is over 24 ha. In 2013, Elodie decided to start production under their own name and chose to continue to use the name Julien Baillard (her maternal grandfather) so as not to create confusion between her wines and her uncle’s estate.

The domaine spans 24 hectares of the most prestigious appellations in Chablis.
With their family history, they hold some of the very best plots (old vines and location) in the 4 different AOCs of Chablis mentioned above. Uniquely, all of their vineyards are planted using a method known as “Selection Massale” instead of a clonal selection, in which cuttings from the best vines in the vineyard are used to propagate new vines instead of purchasing clonal vines from a nursery.

Elodie practices sustainable farming with organic techniques. The winemaking is quite traditional: all in small stainless tank and just few barrels for Grand Cru and the Montmains. Domaine Baillard is working relentlessly to enhance the pure vibrant quality of Chablis.