2015 Vincent Dauvissat Irancy, Burgundy

About this wine

The 2015 Vincent Dauvissat Irancy is the rare red bottling from one of Chablis's two greatest producers. Vincent Dauvissat — universally regarded alongside Raveneau as the apex of Chablis — also farms a small parcel of Pinot Noir in Irancy, the historic red-wine appellation roughly thirty kilometres south of Chablis in the Côtes d'Auxerre. The Pinot Noir grows on Kimmeridgian limestone and clay soils — the same marine-fossil limestone vein that defines Chablis's white wines — and the vines are tended by the Richoux family, biodynamic Irancy specialists in their eleventh generation. Dauvissat handles the cellar work in his classical, restrained, low-intervention style.

The 2015 vintage was warm and generous across Burgundy, producing one of the more approachable expressions of an appellation otherwise known for its lean, savoury, food-oriented Pinots. Expect bright cherry, cranberry, wild strawberry, dried rose, hints of forest floor, savoury spice, and the saline mineral undercurrent that betrays its limestone origins. A serious, terroir-driven cool-climate Burgundy from a domaine more famous for whites — and one of the more interesting bottles in the Dauvissat catalog. Drink now through 2030.

About Domaine René & Vincent Dauvissat

Domaine René & Vincent Dauvissat is one of the two great names of Chablis, sharing the apex of the appellation with François Raveneau. Father and son have farmed their estate in Chablis since René joined his own father in the 1950s; Vincent succeeded him and now leads the cellar work. Their holdings include some of Chablis's finest sites — Grand Cru Les Clos and Les Preuses, Premier Cru La Forêt (also called "Forest"), Vaillons, and Séchet — all farmed with low-intervention philosophy and aged in older oak that lets terroir speak before fruit. The wines are studied by serious sommeliers and collectors worldwide for their precision, longevity, and uncompromising fidelity to Chablis's Kimmeridgian character.

Beyond Chablis, the domaine bottles a small quantity of Irancy red — the only non-Chablis wine in their range and a quietly cult bottling among collectors who follow the producer. The Pinot Noir vines are farmed by the Richoux family of Irancy, an eleventh-generation biodynamic family who manage the vineyard work for Dauvissat while Vincent handles vinification. The result is a singular bridge between two of Burgundy's greatest northern terroirs.