{"title":"Domaine Frances Raveneau","description":"\u003cp\u003eUndisputed greatest producer in Chablis. François established the domaine in 1948; his sons Bernard and Jean-Marie now run it. Raveneau pioneered barrel fermentation and extended lees contact in Chablis. Their Grand Cru holdings (Les Clos, Blanchots, Valmur) produce wines of mineral purity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-chablis-1er-cru-montee-de-tonnerre-2022-750ml","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre 2022 [NET]","description":"We'd argue Montée de Tonnerre is Chablis's greatest Premier Cru. For lovers of classic Chablis, this is about as close to the source as it gets. The vineyard's south- and southwest-facing slopes sit on shallow Kimmeridgian limestone threaded with veins of blue clay. That's the ancient seabed soil behind Chablis's flinty, age-worthy reputation. The Raveneaus still work the old-fashioned way, from vineyard to cellar. François Raveneau founded the domaine in 1948 by combining his holdings with his wife's family parcels. His sons Bernard and Jean-Marie still follow his approach, and Bernard's daughter Isabelle now brings in the next generation. The whole domaine makes only about 3,000 cases a year, a very small output for one of white Burgundy's most coveted names.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40618311352355,"sku":"SF-5-KEL--102924-5","price":479.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Chablis-1er-Cru-Montee-de-Tonnerre-2022-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1792717903"},{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-petit-chablis-2023-1-5l-1-5l","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Petit Chablis 2023 (1.5L) [NET]","description":"This is the easiest way into Raveneau, one of the most sought-after names in Chablis, and it comes in magnum. Nearly everything the domaine makes is grand cru or premier cru, and the whole estate turns out only about 3,000 cases a year, so the Petit Chablis is the friendliest door into the house. It comes from a single 0.82-hectare parcel on the plateau above the grands crus. The vines were planted in 2010 on very white, stony Portlandian limestone, which is younger and harder than the Kimmeridgian soils below. The family calls the parcel their \"new baby,\" and its first vintage was 2014. It's Raveneau's lightest, most fruit-forward wine, and still made in the same old-fashioned way by François Raveneau's sons Bernard and Jean-Marie, with Bernard's daughter Isabelle now working alongside them. A magnum like this is made for a full table.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943517073443,"sku":"SF-5-KEL--090925-1.5L7","price":329.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Petit-Chablis-2023-1_5L-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1758235882"},{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-chablis-1er-cru-montee-de-tonnerre-2023-750ml","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montee de Tonnerre 2023 [NET]","description":"This comes from what we'd argue is the greatest premier cru in Chablis. Montée de Tonnerre's slopes face south and southwest over shallow Kimmeridgian limestone threaded with veins of blue clay, and its elevation gives the wine the iodine-like minerality and balance that make it famous. The 2023 comes from two lieux-dits within the vineyard, about two-thirds Chapelot and the rest Pied d'Aloup. It was a warmer year, but this bottling still has impressive texture and serious structure, and it will easily reward 15 years or more in the cellar. The house story is a family one: François Raveneau founded the domaine in 1948 by combining his own parcels with those of his wife's family. His sons Jean-Marie and Bernard now carry it on, still farming traditionally and still making only a small amount of wine each year.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943517171747,"sku":"SF-5-KEL--090925-3","price":449.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Chablis-1er-Cru-Montee-de-Tonnerre-2023-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1792287853"},{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-chablis-grand-cru-valmur-2023-750ml","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Valmur 2023 [NET]","description":"Raveneau is the name Chablis lovers measure everything else against, and Valmur is the grand cru where the domaine's precision comes through as elegance and purity rather than sheer weight. The domaine's parcel is just 0.75 hectares of vines averaging about 40 years old, set in a natural amphitheater. Isabelle Raveneau says the bowl gets so hot that most of the work there happens in the mornings, because it's too hot to work during the day. As a rule, the house approach is deliberately unshowy: grapes picked by hand, a gentle press, fermentation and malolactic in tank, then about 18 months in older barrels and feuillettes (smaller traditional casks), with very little new wood coming into the cellar. Isabelle, Bernard's daughter, is carrying the domaine, founded in 1948, into its next generation. The whole estate makes only about 3,000 cases a year, almost all of it grand and premier cru, so Valmur is always a small slice of a very small pie.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943517237283,"sku":"SF-5-KEL--090925-2","price":699.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Chablis-Grand-Cru-Valmur-2023-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1758242434"},{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-chablis-1er-cru-butteaux-2024-net","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux 2024 [NET]","description":"Raveneau is the name Chablis lovers say in a hushed voice, and Butteaux is the premier cru from this house that asks for patience and pays it back. The parcel sits among the domaine's highest, on shallow marly limestone over blue clay. It faces south and east, which brings ripeness, and the wind that sweeps the slope keeps it fresh. That pull between ripeness and freshness is what we love about this house: strength without heaviness. The domaine dates to 1948, when François Raveneau combined his holdings with his wife's family vineyards. His sons Bernard and Jean-Marie now run the estate, with Bernard's daughter Isabelle alongside them, and the farming remains traditional. The whole domaine makes only about 3,000 cases a year across three grand crus and six premier crus, so there's never much to go around. Put this one in the cellar and give it time.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064502710307,"sku":"SF-W-KEL-`24FRV06`-102026-8","price":399.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Chablis-1er-Cru-Butteaux-2024-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1792629592"},{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-chablis-2024-net","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 2024 [NET]","description":"If you've only ever read about Raveneau, this is the place to start: village Chablis from a domaine whose name usually comes attached to grand and premier cru. Nearly everything the family farms is top-tier. That means three grands crus (Les Clos, Valmur, Blanchot) and six premiers crus, including Montée de Tonnerre and Butteaux. Their village Chablis comes from a single parcel of less than a hectare, a small part of a house that makes only about 3,000 cases a year in total. It gets the same old-fashioned treatment as the top sites. The house approach has generally meant hand-picking, gentle pressing and fermentation in tank, followed by a long stay in older barrels and feuillettes with very little new oak. The domaine was founded in 1948. François Raveneau's sons Bernard and Jean-Marie still farm and make wine the way their father did, and Bernard's daughter Isabelle has now joined them as the next generation. It's not a trophy bottle, just an honest taste of how one of Chablis's great families works, at an approachable level of their range.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064502743075,"sku":"SF-W-KEL-`24FRV10`-102026-9","price":299.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Chablis-2024-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1792623005"},{"product_id":"domaine-francois-raveneau-chablis-1er-cru-montee-de-tonnerre-2024-net","title":"Domaine Francois Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2024 [NET]","description":"If you want the premier cru that sets the bar for Chablis, this is it: Raveneau's Montée de Tonnerre, which we'd call the house's top wine below grand cru level. Our case for the vineyard as Chablis's greatest 1er Cru starts with the ground. Its slopes face south and southwest over shallow Kimmeridgian limestone run through with veins of blue clay, and the Raveneau holding there comes to about 2.5 hectares of vines averaging around 50 years old. François Raveneau put the domaine together in 1948 from his own vines and parcels from his wife's family, and he also bought back prime plots his father had sold. He went on to pioneer barrel fermentation and long lees contact in Chablis. His sons Bernard and Jean-Marie have stuck to his philosophy, and Bernard's daughter Isabelle has now joined them. The whole domaine makes only about 3,000 cases a year, almost all of it grand and premier cru, so this dry Chardonnay is worth grabbing when you see it.","brand":"Kermit Lynch [KEL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064502775843,"sku":"SF-W-KEL-`24FRV05`-102026-10","price":449.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Domaine-Francois-Raveneau-Chablis-1er-Cru-Montee-de-Tonnerre-2024-NET-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1792623007"}],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/domaine-frances-raveneau.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}