CELINE & FREDERIC GUEGUEN BOURGOGNE, FRANCE

Frédéric and Céline started their own domain in 2013. Frederic grew up among the Chardonnay vines, and has the native love of minerality. He had spent the preceding fifteen years working firstly at Domaine Durup, then at Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard as the vineyard manager. Céline had worked in the marketing and administrative side of her father’s business. Frédéric has a particular talent for coaxing the very best from his vines. The estate is tiny, but the care they lavishes on each vine is unparalleled. They use no oak, aiming for a stoniness and clarity they believe should define the best Chablis. This wine’s straitened richness comes only from the grape and limited batonnage or lees stirring. Crisp, dry and true to terroir. Together Céline and Frédéric create graceful and crystalline wines.