Winemakers: Jean-Loup Michel

Region: Chablis, France

Domaine Louis Michel

The Michel family have been cultivating there 25-hectare vineyard spread in the heart of the village since 1850.

"This is a brilliant consistent estate, where there is no use of wood (barrels in the cellar are only for show). The wines are vinified in a temperature-controlled room full of stainless steel vats of different sizes and not bottled until a year or eighteen months afterwards-or even later. The magnificently austere and steely wines keep much longer than most Chablis.." Clive Coates - The Wines and Domaines of France