Domaine Gautheron is located in Fleys, a village of 150 inhabitants surrounded by Chablis eastern hills. It covers 30 hectares of vines under three AOP: Petit Chablis, Chablis and Chablis Premier Cru on four climats: Vaucoupin, Les Fourneaux, Mont de Milieu and L’Homme Mort.
This estate is a family owned and operated business for more than seven generations. Today Cyril Gautheron, supported by his father Alain, is making one of the appellation’s finest wines.
DOMAINE GAUTHERON CHABLIS PREMIER CRU ‘LES FOURNEAUX’
VINTAGE
2018
APPELLATION
BURGUNDY / CHABLIS REGION
GRAPE VARIETIES
CHARDONNAY
AGING
FROM 5-10 YEARS OR MORE ACCORDING TO HARVEST
TASTING NOTE
PALE WHITE GOLD WITH LIGHT GREEN SPARKS. SHINY AND CLEAR. LIVELY YET MATURE. THIS WINE POSSESSES AN ELEGANT STRENGTH. WE IMAGINE SUN GORGED FRUIT, WHICH, WHEN AIRED, YIELD MANGO, PEACH AND CITRONELLA. THE FINALE IS HARMONIOUS.
THIS WINE IS FULL BODIED AND ROUND. OUR FIRST IMPRESSION IS A RICH MELLOWNESS. IT CHARMS US WITH FLOWERS AND FRUIT FLAVOURS. THE FINALE IS LASTING AND PLEASING.
VEAL AND POULTRY IN WHITE SAUCE, SCALLOP HEART KEBABS AND SPINACH SALAD, CHEESES SUCH AS CHAOURCE, OR EPOISSES, PEACHES IN SABAYON.
GAUTHERON PETIT CHABLIS VIN BLANC SEC AOC
VINTAGE
2019
APPELLATION
BURGUNDY, CHABLIS REGION
GRAPE VARIETIES
CHARDONNAY
TASTING NOTE
THE DOMAINE GAUTHERON HEWS MOSTLY TO THE STYLE OF CLASSIC CHABLIS. WINEMAKER CYRIL GAUTHERON’S MAIN FOCUS IS ON SHOWING HIS TERROIR CLEARLY — WHEN HE USES BARRELS FOR ELEVAGE, HE DOES SO WITH A LIGHT TOUCH. THE RESULT IS WINES THAT SHOW CLEAN, PURE, CHARDONNAY FRUIT MIXED WITH A STONY MINERALITY. DESPITE ITS IMPRESSIVE FRESHNESS, THE 2019 VINTAGE ALSO HAS MORE BODY THAN USUAL, MAKING IT A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE WINE THIS YEAR — LEMON FRUIT, DELICATE MINERALITY, TERRIFIC ENERGY.
CYRIL GAUTHERON ‘FRISSONS’ AOC
VINTAGE
2020
APPELLATION
BURGUNDY, FRANCE
GRAPE VARIETIES
CHARDONNAY
TASTING NOTE
IN 2016, GAUTHERON HAD LOST SO MUCH FRUIT FROM FROST (FUN FACT – FRISSONS MEANS FROZEN IN FRENCH) THAT THEY HAD TO SOURCE THEIR FRUIT FROM OUTSIDE THEIR VINEYARD. SUCH WAS THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST RELEASE THAT THEY DID IT AGAIN IN 2017 WITH THIS WINE, CYRIL GAUTHERON FRISSONS BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY. NEW WORLD IN STYLE BUT STILL WITH THE HALLMARK OF A GREAT OLD WORLD FRENCH WINE, IT HAS CLEAN FRESH FRUIT WITH A NUANCE OF COMPLEXITY AND RICHNESS.