This Chablis is issued from a parcel located in a particularly favourable soil, which is composed of marl chalk containing a great quantity of sea fossils such as the « ostrea virgula », a comma-shaped little oyster.
This wine takes its name from the fact that the land has belonged to César de Vendôme, who was also the owner of the Château de Maligny.
César was the illegitimate son of Henri IV and Gabrielle d’Estrée.
The composition of the soil of this parcel provides to the wine all its minerality together with the characteristic features of the Chablis.
The average age of the vines is about 30 years.
In order to keep the integrality of its natural bouquet, this Chablis is not made in wood. Its vinification is done only in stainless steel or glass vats.
These vats are thermoregulated in order to carry-on a complete fermentation and the development of aromas and complexity.
The Chablis « Carré de César » is tense, well-crafted and mineral. Thanks to its soil, it is possible to find in it the gun flint character typical of the Chablis. It is also a very balanced wine.
The characteristics of this wine enable it to be served with all kinds of shellfish, particularly the oysters.
Chateau de Maligny Chablis Carre de Cesar 2022
Wine producer from father to son since 1560, our estate is the largest private estate of Chablis with 207 hectares.
Far back in time, there was always a member of Durup family at Maligny which is our village, our roots.
Thanks to his father and his grandfather; Jean Durup, my father; has always heard about the best plots of Chablis, which were in production before the phylloxera and which were abandoned after. He decided to buy these plots of lands at the end of the sixties. He only had 2 hectares under vine at this time.
Vineyards are located on not less than eleven of the twenty villages that counts Chablis appellations.
As a result, there is a very good representativity of the Chablis terroirs through our wines.
The vines are rooted one the steepest slopes, the hardest to work but the most qualitative one.
The land is clay-calcareous where the Chablisian minerality expression is at its best – as well for Petit Chablis, Chablis and Chablis Premier Cru – thanks to the Kimmeridgian and Portlandian subsoil.
We vinify our wine on a pure Chablisian tradition, in tank, without oak, to preserve this pure minerality.
Numerous 5-star hotels and Michelin-star restaurants in France and in the world have our wines on their list. Tasters appreciate them for their freshness and for their intensity.
Jean-Paul Durup