winery
Domaine François Raveneau
Burgundy, France
Philosophy
Hand-harvested grapes fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeast, then aged in used feuillettes—traditional 132-litre Chablis barrels averaging seven to eight years old—for twelve to eighteen months. Extended malolactic fermentation and lees contact without new oak create wines of crystalline mineral intensity, stony purity, and creamy texture that unfold across decades.
Reputation
François Raveneau established his domaine in 1948 by consolidating parcels from his own family holdings with those of his wife's Dauvissat family, uniting two distinguished Chablis lineages. Seizing opportunity from post-war decline and phylloxera devastation, he spent the 1960s and 1970s acquiring some of Chablis' finest terroirs when land prices lay dormant, assembling what would become the most celebrated vineyard collection in the region.
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