Domaine Chantal Remy

Chantal Remy took over Domaine Louis Remy in 1988, continuing the tradition of making beautiful wines which prove that subtlety and elegance need not be a barrier to longevity. What was already a small domaine was split in 2009 when Chantal’s two brothers decided to sell their holdings, leaving just 1.5 hectares of mainly Grand Cru vineyards. In ’13, Chantal’s son Florian joined the estate, implementing small but important changes. Florian supplements his small but exceptional vineyard holdings with carefully selected grape purchases, sold under the Héritière Louis Remy label.

With a succession of recent successful vintages, Florian is finding his style and incorporating his own philosophies while absorbing advice from his peers. He started his harvest on 6th September and for Florian, this vintage is very good, possibly even great, given how the wines are evolving in barrel. They are better than 2023 because of the latter’s extreme heat just before harvest. He will use between 5% and 10% whole bunches but puts the whole bunches at the bottom of the fermenter, and the berries on top. This way, he finds more aromas are released when he presses and can get up to a further week of fermentation as well.