The Domaine Costal Chablis “Truffières” is a unique Kermit Lynch collaboration that stems from their long relationship with Bernard Raveneau. In addition to his busy full-time job at his namesake domaine, Bernard manages to find the time to take on a few consulting projects in and around Chablis. One of these projects was helping us purchase a cuve of great Chablis from Domaine Costal, the second label of the well-known Domaine Jean Collet, a family domaine since 1792. The project began with a simple barrel tasting with Kermit and Bernard and led to the creation of a custom label, a new cuvée, and a custom vinification and bottling process driven by Bernard. The end result was a great new terroir-driven white Burgundy. 

The Chablis comes from a single vineyard site called Truffières, or truffles. We decided to use the name of the parcel on the label, which had never been done by the domaine in the past. The parcel has been worked organically for many years. Kermit and Bernard Raveneau together agree on a blend of stainless steel, foudre, and barrel vinifications. This bottling is not filtered or cold-stabilized—a true rarity in Chablis. The combined skill of Collet and Raveneau and the excellent terroir of Truffières combine to give us a wine of extraordinary purity and finesse. There is no mistaking it – one taste and you are in Chablis territory: zesty minerality, wet stone, freshness, and nervosity. And is that a hint of black truffle in the bouquet? Maybe that is why the vineyard parcel has been called “Truffières” for so long.

 Chablis Truffières 2018 $29.99

• 100% of wine is vinified in stainless steel and aged for another 10 months in stainless steel
• After being raised in stainless steel for 10 months, wine spends 3 months in demi-muid barrels (600 L)
• The wine is neither fined nor filtered

Beaune 1er Cru Les Grêves 2017 $79.99

Coming from the top Premier Cru vineyard in the village of Beaune. This wine comes from 55-year-old Pinot Noir vines that sit at both the upper and lower slopes of the vineyard. The wine is fermented with 25% of the clusters whole, aged in barrel (20% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered.