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THE DOMAINE

The new generation from an impressive lineage of Chablis winemakers, Vincent Dampt is a rising star of the region

Domaine Vincent Dampt 2022 En Primeur

Vincent Dampt is the scion of two great winemaking names, Dampt and Defaix, so it is hardly surprising that he would choose wine as his métier - or perhaps it chose him!

Vincent enrolled himself in wine school in Beaune aged just 14, then worked in Puligny-Montrachet (with Olivier Leflaive) before heading further afield to Marlborough, New Zealand – an experience he calls ‘mind-expanding’.

Vincent later returned to Chablis, to the family estate in the village of Milly, to work under the expert tutelage of his father Daniel.

In 2003, Vincent inherited a few small vineyard parcels, also in Milly, and was able to create his own domaine, adding a few further plots over the years.

Vincent and his wife Emilie now manage ten hectares of vines, including those in the premiers crus of Côte de Léchet, Les Lys and Vaillons: prized sites on pure Kimmeridgian soils – calcareous clays with limestone and marine fossils - which give Chablis their hallmark minerality.

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THE 2022 Vintage

The 2022 vintage has much to offer Chablis lovers.

There is delight for purists, in wines that combine elegance of fruit, a sense of freshness and mineral salinity; yet there is also an appealing generosity of fruit from this ‘année solaire’. But success was not a given. Achieving that peculiarly chablisien tension of ripeness and acidity, requires skill and sensitivity, mastery of timing and terroir; and in 2022, the growing season was far from straightforward.

The post-frost rebound set the scene. As so often happens in the year after a frost-stricken vintage, the vines set off at a sprint, apparently hellbent on pushing out leaves, compensating for the year before, in a bid for survival. So, it is unsurprising that we find an energetic, expressive character in this vintage, particularly given the warm, sunny growing conditions.

But ‘sun + heat’ is not an automatic equation for ambrosia, and the lack of rain compounded the effects of both (in fact, Chablis saw even less rainfall in 2022 than the parched Côte d’Or). While ripeness was almost a ‘given’, and the absence of disease a further relief after the previous year’s scourge, this dry, sunlit year required growers to be particularly vigilant to harvest date; preserving freshness became the all-important factor. Chardonnay is no fan of the heat, fattens quickly, drops acid.  In these conditions, the approach to harvest is even more fraught - a tightrope walk of coaxing fruit to ripeness without compromising that vital seam of acidity that gives the wines their aliveness.  

As always, it pays to know your grower. Fortunately, we are working with Vincent Dampt, who has been living all this since childhood, and has a keen awareness of the impact of climate change on style.

Domaine Vincent Dampt 2022 En Primeur

THE WINES

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    CHABLIS 1er CRU LES LYS

    Sitting discreetly atop the hill of Vaillons, the small parcel of Les Lys is held to have belonged to French royalty, hence the name. While its wines can be officially designated as Vaillons, several growers including Vincent Dampt produce its wines as a standalone premier cru with distinctive qualities. Les Lys has many plus-points: for one, its fine Kimmeridgian clay-limestone soils, typically yielding wines with a ‘classic’ Chablis profile. The site is also north-east facing, therefore cooler - a notable feature in this warmer vintage, and in which the wines seem to come into their own. The 2022 is immediately enticing: first, the sensuous scent of jasmine and wisteria, then a whiff of iodine, a firm reminder of origin. Fine-boned, linear, the wine is beautifully structured, its poached pear fruit and light creamy texture underpinned by a seam of chalky acids. As cool and fine as silk on steel. Cleansing finish.

    Corney & Barrow Score 18+
    Recommended drinking from 2024–2028+


    £250 /CASE OF 12 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHABLIS 1er CRU VAILLONS

    Vincent’s holdings in Vaillons total 0.6 hectares. Above the classic Kimmeridgian seam lies a substantial layer of cool, moisture-retentive clay, a godsend in this warmer vintage. Vincent’s Vaillons blends fruit from the warmer, more sun-exposed part of the parcel, in Beugnons, with the fruit of cooler, higher-acid fruit in Chatains, next to Les Lys. The wine seems to capture the spirit of both in its sense of rich, golden fruit and refreshing minerality. An intense Vaillons, the 2022 is perfumed with white flowers, hinting at the exotic. The palate layers orchard/stone fruit and crème pâtissiere, expansive and ripe, its mineral length unfurling in the glass.

    Corney & Barrow Score 18+
    Recommended drinking from 2024–2028+


    £250 /CASE OF 12 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHABLIS 1er CRU CÔTE DE LÉCHET

    Vincent’s fantastic vineyard parcels are found high up on the Côte de Léchet, the 38% gradient and poor, stony soils yielding wines with a characteristic, mineral signature. Vincent has two different parcels, one of which dates back to 1974, the other new to production following extensive renovations. Vincent has replanted at a higher density (8000 vs 5,550 vines/hectare) and adopted ‘guyot simple’ pruning, giving fewer grapes per vine but aiming for higher quality and concentration. The resulting 2022 is exceptional, showing all the class and potential of its site. Immediately compelling on the nose with its signature tang of ‘wet stone’ and white flowers, the wine is both expansive and precise on the palate, with ripe, savoury fruit wrapped sleekly around a steely core. Rich, dynamic and incisive, an exercise in focus.

    Corney & Barrow Score 18.5+
    Recommended drinking from 2024–2030+


    £250 /CASE OF 12 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    TO ORDER

    Domaine Vincent Dampt En Primeur 2023


    Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot

    Burgundy En Primeur

    We owe thanks to our friend and Puligny-Montrachet-based supplier François Carillon for introducing us to his cousin, Jean-Marc Pillot, in January 2020. Jean-Marc has worked at the estate since 1985 and has managed it since 1991. He has implemented several changes, such as the construction of new cellars, and has expanded the vineyard holdings to nearly 15 hectares today. He has also reduced new oak use to around 10%, mostly utilising 3-year-old barrels. His son Antonin is a key part of this family team. These are lean, fresh, complex wines which showcase wonderfully the terroirs of Chassagne-Montrachet. White wine accounts for around three – quarters of production.

    The vines in most parcels are between 25 and 50 years old but can reach 90 years of age in some of the premiers crus of Chassagne-Montrachet. Four years after first meeting Jean-Marc in Hong Kong, we are delighted to offer our third vintage. Add these to your collection now, they are real gems.


    WHITE WINES ON OFFER

    BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY LE HAUT DES CHAMPS


    Le Haut des Champs is a cuvée name, based on the name of the lieu-dit where the cellar is located. This is 75% domaine-owned fruit, from Chassagne- and Puligny-Montrachet and the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. It has been the same blend since 2019. Fresh white peach and pear fruit, with a nice crunch and definition. All barrel fermented.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2029

    £135 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    SAINT-ROMAIN LA PÉRIÈRE


    La Périère is a north-facing, cool site in Saint-Romain, the higher-elevation village which is making waves in the world of climate change. Saline and mineral, this has a fabulous linear drive. I made a note to try to get my hands on some… 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2029

    £165 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    RULLY BLANC LES GAUDOIRS 


    Les Gaudoirs is in the southern part of Rully, the cooler sector, at higher altitude, which is visible in this wine’s clipped, crunchy precision. Apple and pear fruit, with pithy orchard fruit skin. Just under 20% new oak. This gets 16 months of élevage, the last four of which are in vat. No bâtonnage, as for all the whites.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2028

    £160 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    RULLY BLANC 1ER CRU LES RACLOTS 


    1er Cru Raclots is in the centre of the village. It is always richer in character than Les Gaudoirs, according to Antonin Pillot, with whom we tasted. Unfortunately, we did not manage to taste the 2023.  


    ESTIMATED DRINKING FROM 2026-2029

    £185 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET


    The domaine’s Chassagne village is a blend of six parcels throughout the village, which come to two hectares. Aromas of sweet stone fruit, with lime rind and grapefruit. The palate is stricter, with flinty extract and shape. 25% new oak, with vinification mostly in larger 350L barrels. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2026-2029

    £285 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES BAUDINES - HK ONLY


    This is a négociant bottling — the date of harvest was a little later here than at the domaine. It comes from one plot, in the warmer south of the appellation — just three barrels are made. There is almost no top soil, which tends to make for a particularly mineral style. Ripe stone fruit on the nose, then fine and clipped on the palate, with mineral definition.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2035

    £375 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LA MALTROIE - SCO + HK


    A very small plot, 0.10 hectares, from which just two barrels were made in 2023. The domaine does all the work here, although these are bought-in grapes. Ripe and effusive, with fleshy stone fruit and lime zest.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE  17+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £385 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES MACHERELLES 


    The domaine owns 0.25 hectares of Macherelles, in the north of Chassagne, in one plot. This is fertile soil, which retains water and, according to Antonin Pillot, results in higher-acid wines. Lean and mineral, taut and stony mineral. One for the classicists. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £375 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES CHENEVOTTES


    This is a domaine bottling. It comes from two plots of 0.4 hectares in total. The larger of these is just beneath Les Vergets, in the north of Chassagne, at the top of the slope. A flinty-mineral nose leads into a fine, clipped palate, with friable white peach and sea shell minerality. 30% new oak.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £375 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     

    PULIGNY-MONTRACHET LES NOYERS BRET - ASIA ONLY


    This plot is fabulously sited, beneath Puligny-Montrachet’s much-loved Enseignères, with a little more clay and therefore richness. It is the domaine’s only parcel in Puligny. Sweetly fruited, with sherbet and lemon zest, with a nice density to the mid-palate. This spends 12 months in barrel, then six months in vat.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £290 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU MORGEOT LES FAIRENDES 


    This comes from 0.35 hectares of Les Fairendes, a large mid-slope vineyard in the centre of the appellation. Chalky-mineral and finely, energetically driven — this is a powerful and driving wine, very impressive.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 18

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2027-2037

    £455 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK


    RED WINES ON OFFER

    BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR


    This is made of 80% domaine-owned fruit, from Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay, with some 5% négociant purchases from the Côte de Nuits. Crunchy and red-fruited, with a fine acid backbone. This is being bottled in January 2025. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2028

    £115 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE VIEILLES VIGNES 


    As the suffix Vieilles Vignes suggests, the domaine’s village Chassagne-Montrachet is rather impressively the product of 50–60-year-old vines. Juicy raspberry and blackberry, with bitter cherry. 7,500 bottles were made. This will be bottled in February-March 2025. 25% new oak. 

    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5-17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2026-2031

    £200 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU ROUGE LES MACHERELLES


    The domaine has 0.25 hectares in 1er Cru Les Macherelles, in the north of the appellation, not far from the grands crus of Puligny. Pillot’s plot is beside that of our good friend François Carillon. Crunchy and red-berried, with lovely brightness. 20% new oak.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5-17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2027-2037

    £275 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU ROUGE CLOS SAINT-JEAN


    This is an old plot of 0.40 hectares, of which a third was grubbed up in 2024. Bright red cherry and berry fruit — a wine of purity, intensity and persistence. These grapes are now pressed with a vertical press which, in Antonin Pillot’s experience, aids its sense of purity.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2027-2037

    £395 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CORTON-BRESSANDES GRAND CRU – HK ONLY


    Moving north to the hill of Corton. The grapes for this wine are bought from a friend of the Pillot family. Crunchy, with intense bitter cherry and wild strawberry fruit, framed by fine, fruit-coated tannins and enriched by chalky mineral definition. Only two barrels were made in 2023. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £455 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     

     

     


    WHITE WINES ON OFFER

    BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY LE HAUT DES CHAMPS


    Le Haut des Champs is a cuvée name, based on the name of the lieu-dit where the cellar is located. This is 75% domaine-owned fruit, from Chassagne- and Puligny-Montrachet and the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. It has been the same blend since 2019. Fresh white peach and pear fruit, with a nice crunch and definition. All barrel fermented.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2029

    £135 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    SAINT-ROMAIN LA PÉRIÈRE


    La Périère is a north-facing, cool site in Saint-Romain, the higher-elevation village which is making waves in the world of climate change. Saline and mineral, this has a fabulous linear drive. I made a note to try to get my hands on some… 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2029

    £165 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    RULLY BLANC LES GAUDOIRS 


    Les Gaudoirs is in the southern part of Rully, the cooler sector, at higher altitude, which is visible in this wine’s clipped, crunchy precision. Apple and pear fruit, with pithy orchard fruit skin. Just under 20% new oak. This gets 16 months of élevage, the last four of which are in vat. No bâtonnage, as for all the whites.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2028

    £160 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    RULLY BLANC 1ER CRU LES RACLOTS 


    1er Cru Raclots is in the centre of the village. It is always richer in character than Les Gaudoirs, according to Antonin Pillot, with whom we tasted. Unfortunately, we did not manage to taste the 2023.  


    ESTIMATED DRINKING FROM 2026-2029

    £185 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET


    The domaine’s Chassagne village is a blend of six parcels throughout the village, which come to two hectares. Aromas of sweet stone fruit, with lime rind and grapefruit. The palate is stricter, with flinty extract and shape. 25% new oak, with vinification mostly in larger 350L barrels. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2026-2029

    £285 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES BAUDINES - HK ONLY


    This is a négociant bottling — the date of harvest was a little later here than at the domaine. It comes from one plot, in the warmer south of the appellation — just three barrels are made. There is almost no top soil, which tends to make for a particularly mineral style. Ripe stone fruit on the nose, then fine and clipped on the palate, with mineral definition.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2035

    £375 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LA MALTROIE - SCO + HK


    A very small plot, 0.10 hectares, from which just two barrels were made in 2023. The domaine does all the work here, although these are bought-in grapes. Ripe and effusive, with fleshy stone fruit and lime zest.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE  17+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £385 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES MACHERELLES 


    The domaine owns 0.25 hectares of Macherelles, in the north of Chassagne, in one plot. This is fertile soil, which retains water and, according to Antonin Pillot, results in higher-acid wines. Lean and mineral, taut and stony mineral. One for the classicists. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £375 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU LES CHENEVOTTES


    This is a domaine bottling. It comes from two plots of 0.4 hectares in total. The larger of these is just beneath Les Vergets, in the north of Chassagne, at the top of the slope. A flinty-mineral nose leads into a fine, clipped palate, with friable white peach and sea shell minerality. 30% new oak.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £375 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     

    PULIGNY-MONTRACHET LES NOYERS BRET - ASIA ONLY


    This plot is fabulously sited, beneath Puligny-Montrachet’s much-loved Enseignères, with a little more clay and therefore richness. It is the domaine’s only parcel in Puligny. Sweetly fruited, with sherbet and lemon zest, with a nice density to the mid-palate. This spends 12 months in barrel, then six months in vat.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £290 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU MORGEOT LES FAIRENDES 


    This comes from 0.35 hectares of Les Fairendes, a large mid-slope vineyard in the centre of the appellation. Chalky-mineral and finely, energetically driven — this is a powerful and driving wine, very impressive.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 18

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2027-2037

    £455 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

     


    RED WINES ON OFFER

    BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR


    This is made of 80% domaine-owned fruit, from Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay, with some 5% négociant purchases from the Côte de Nuits. Crunchy and red-fruited, with a fine acid backbone. This is being bottled in January 2025. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2025-2028

    £115 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET ROUGE VIEILLES VIGNES 


    As the suffix Vieilles Vignes suggests, the domaine’s village Chassagne-Montrachet is rather impressively the product of 50–60-year-old vines. Juicy raspberry and blackberry, with bitter cherry. 7,500 bottles were made. This will be bottled in February-March 2025. 25% new oak. 

    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5-17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2026-2031

    £200 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU ROUGE LES MACHERELLES


    The domaine has 0.25 hectares in 1er Cru Les Macherelles, in the north of the appellation, not far from the grands crus of Puligny. Pillot’s plot is beside that of our good friend François Carillon. Crunchy and red-berried, with lovely brightness. 20% new oak.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 16.5-17

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2027-2037

    £275 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 1ER CRU ROUGE CLOS SAINT-JEAN


    This is an old plot of 0.40 hectares, of which a third was grubbed up in 2024. Bright red cherry and berry fruit — a wine of purity, intensity and persistence. These grapes are now pressed with a vertical press which, in Antonin Pillot’s experience, aids its sense of purity.  


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2027-2037

    £395 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK

    CORTON-BRESSANDES GRAND CRU – HK ONLY


    Moving north to the hill of Corton. The grapes for this wine are bought from a friend of the Pillot family. Crunchy, with intense bitter cherry and wild strawberry fruit, framed by fine, fruit-coated tannins and enriched by chalky mineral definition. Only two barrels were made in 2023. 


    CORNEY & BARROW SCORE 17.5+

    RECOMMENDED DRINKING FROM 2028-2036

    £455 / CASE 6 BOTTLES, IN BOND UK