5 Hectares on several plots, the main one being a 45-year-old plot of vines. Several so-called places: Vieille Voye, Champlain, Petit Léchet, Bois de Milly and Les Fontenilles.

Allen Meadows: “A ripe and fresh nose is composed by notes of soft citrus, pear and sea breeze. There is reasonably good Energy to the delicious medium weight flavors that culminate in a longer and more complex moderately dry finish.”

Jancis Robinson: 16

Wine Enthusiast: “Full of freshness now and likely to develop a riper character as it matures.”

Sébastien harvests the grapes for his Chablis Villages from several plots, the largest of which has 45-year-old vines. The vinification is then minimalist: after pressing the grapes, the wine ferments and matures in stainless steel tanks. This not only provides the refined, fully dry Chablis character, but also a light flint aroma as a sign of terroir expression in the wine.

It is not always necessary to reinvent the wheel yourself. The young Sébastien Dampt understood this all too well. It is precisely with this approach that he is one of the new generation of winemakers who is putting Chablis back in the spotlight. Winemaking is done here as in the olden days: traditional and unadorned. As simple as that approach may sound, the result is so impressive.

The roots of the Dampt family go back 150 years in the winemaking history of Chablis, the northernmost part of Burgundy. For generations, the Dampts have specialized in the modest, chalk-dry and slender Chardonnay style that is so typical of the region. So Sébastien was taught the profession from scratch. After training in Beaune, he gained experience at home and abroad. In 2007 he started his own domain, by now tried and tested.