THE DOMAINE
The new generation from an impressive lineage of Chablis winemakers, Vincent Dampt is a rising star of the region
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.
THE WINES
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CHABLIS 1er CRU LES LYS
Corney & Barrow Score 18+
Recommended drinking from 2024–2028+
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+
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+
Domaine Vincent Dampt En Primeur 2023
François Millet et Fils
Burgundy En Primeur
Maison François Millet et Fils was established in 2016, with François at the helm working alongside his wife and two sons, Julien and Adrien.
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WHITE WINES ON OFFER
ALIGOTÉ LES GRAVIERS
As François said about this wine, “The idea is to get away from the variety and closer to the place”. Les Graviers comes from vines adjacent to those of Les Rues (the Bourgogne Rouge), just opposite the village of Chambolle-Musigny. Aromas of apple skin and lime zest lead into a crunchy and pithy palate.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2024-2027
£185 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BOURGOGNE BLANC HAUTES CÔTES DE BEAUNE EN VALLEROT
A new wine in the 2022 vintage, this comes from Nuits-Saint-Georges, on the high slopes near the woods. The name Les Vallerots comes from Vallère or, in ancient French, Valière, meaning a small valley or hollow. Apple blossom and lime zest, leading into a palate of white peach skin and pear. Precise and crunchy.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2030
£285 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
MONTAGNY 1ER CRU LES CHAIGNOTS
We are moving down to the Côte Chalonnaise now. Aromas of apple skin and lime zest. The palate is more corpulent, with a lovely salty mineral granularity. A heart-on-sleeve wine of upfront charm, with acacia and white flower perfume persisting on the finish.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2024-2027
£345 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
MARSANNAY BLANC LA CROIX DE BOIS
This comes from 0.3 hectares in the village of Batayard, in the commune of Couchey. This holding is planted to both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. It is a mid-slope site, facing the combe. Very fresh and lively on the entry, combining sweet white pear fruit and yellow peach, with great viscosity. The finish is salty, with lingering pear skin flavours.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2028
£360 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
CÔTES DU JURA BLANC L'ÉCHENAUD 2021
Note that this is from the 2021 vintage. The only wine from outside the Côte d’Or in the line-up comes from just under a hectare of vines in Saint-Lothian, 15km southwest of Arbois. François took over these vines from his father-in-law in the 2019 vintage. They are planted at a relatively low density of 7,000 vines per hectare. 80% Chardonnay, 20% Savagnin. Aromas of honeysuckle, hay, honey and yellow peach, with a touch of crème brûlée. The palate offers pronounced wet stone minerality, with succulent yellow peach fruit. Juicy and almost chewable.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2030
£265 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
RED WINES ON OFFER
BOURGOGNE ROUGE LES RUES
Les Rues sits at the bottom of the village of Chambolle-Musigny, on the other side of the Route Nationale. The stones are very important here, making for excellent drainage. “A sort of Petit Chambolle”, according to François. Bright, sucrose-laden red berry fruit, with that distinctive Chambolle perfume and delicacy of structure on the palate. There is no punching down here.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2029
£275 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BEAUNE 1ER CRU CHAMPS PIMONT
This is a mid-slope site in Champs Pimont, above Les Avaux. There is a lot of limestone here. A structural wine, according to François. A dark and smoky nose leads into a crunchy, darkly berried palate, with notes of grilled meats. Julien Millet commented that there is always a lot of freshness in this wine.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2029
£525 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
VOLNAY LES GRANDS POISOTS
Les Grands Poisots is a large climatat the northern (Pommard) end of Volnay, below Les Brouillards, at the bottom of the slope. Poisot, from the ancient French Puisets/Puits, refers to water sources and streams. “A sort of echo of Chambolle,” is how François described it. A wine of crunchy red berry fruit, bright and perfumed, with mineral tension and power beneath the surface.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2032
£495 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
VOLNAY 1ER CRU LES ANGLES
On the road into Volnay, this premier cru offers masses of black pepper whatever the vintage, with the structural stamp of Volnay. As François says, you have to be cautious with this place and its pronounced minerality — “you can make a monster”. There is a lot of active limestone in Les Angles, which is at the same level on the slope as Grands Poisots. A dark and peppery nose, with a rich palate poised between red and black fruits, framed by firm fruit-coated tannins and with marked stony minerality.
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2025-2035
£825 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTES DE NUITS PETITE VIGNE
Segrois is a tiny village of 60 inhabitants on the other side of the hills above Vosne-Romanée, on the combe side valley, facing west. The last plot to be picked. Despite the afternoon sunshine here, there is 100m more elevation, making it 2-3°C cooler. In François’ words, this is a wine of “minerality and light”. The colour here is paler — as Francois says, “we didn’t try to turn the Hautes-Côtes into the Côte — which would be totally stupid.” Pure raspberry and blackberry, with a medium-bodied palate of upbeat energy and clarity.
Corney & Barrow Score 17 - 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2024-2030
£260 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTE DE NUITS MARTENNES
Like the previous two wines, this is from Segrois. Pale ruby colour. A perfumed, crushed rock mineral nose. There is more structure and ‘shoulder’ here, with a darker-fruited profile. It is in these dark fruits that the structure is visible, says François, who calls this “The opposite of Petite Vigne.” Blueberries and blackberries on the finish.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2024-2030
£260 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
MARSANNAY LE POTET
A new wine in the 2022 vintage. Based in Couchey, this tiny lieu-ditwas once a muddy, marshy place. ‘Potet’ evokes something humid and silty, I am told. These are Marsannay’s typically sandy marl soils. Cool and darkly berried on the nose, with fine peppery spices and a layer of creamy generosity. The palate has more red fruit, with fresh acidity and a finish of liquorice and spices.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2032
£360 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
FIXIN EN L’OLIVIER
Fixin, at the northern end of the Côte de Nuits, is a rising star in Burgundy, in part thanks to its vein of limestone, which is perhaps its main differentiating factor from the clay and marl of Marsannay. En l’Olivier, the name coming from olive tree, is at the same level on the slope as the two premiers crus of Fixin. Wild strawberry and raspberry fruit aromas. A generous palate of red berry fruit is framed by firm yet fine and fruit-coated tannins. François called this “a river of red fruits,” adding that the grapes here tend to be thin-skinned.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2031
£360 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LA CROIX DES CHAMPS
La Croix des Champs and the next wine, Le Fourneau, form a complementary pair, with diametrically opposed characters. Notes of orange rind and dark berries lead into a palate of mineral richness and dense dark berry fruit. A complete, powerful and refined wine which, in François’ words, is “both structural and mineral — minerality is leading the path of vinification.”
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2026-2036
£650 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LE FOURNEAU
Le Fourneau (the furnace) is only 100m from La Croix des Champs, the previous wine. A more classical Gevrey-Chambertin, Le Fourneau gets one punch-down, two-thirds of the way through fermentation. This is a more tactile, assertive and physically impressive wine, whose dark fruits are lifted by juicy acidity and tangy blood orange.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2028-2038
£650 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES FOUCHÈRES
To the north of Musigny and upslope from Les Amoureuses, Les Fouchères is close to the amphitheatre of Les Porlottes, the main component of Comte Georges de Vogüé’s Chambolle village. This is terroir which François knows well, and you can sense his enthusiasm for this plot. Pretty aromas of rose and sweet raspberry. The palate is fine and chalky, the fine red berry fruit framed by fruit-coated tannins. The finish is long,tensile and chalky. Describing this mineral momentum, François invokes a “river”, which brings “freshness and sweetness at the same time.”
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2026-2036
£835 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
CÔTES DU JURA ROUGE L'ÉCHENAUD 2020
100% Pinot Noir. Lifted raspberry fruit and pronounced floral aromatics on the nose. Minty and spicy — I appear to have jotted down “curry” — with supple blueberry fruit. A ballooning attack on the palate, with liquorice detailing. And then another comment (was it François who said it?) “Structural ─ like Chapelle!”
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2024-2030
£265 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
WHITE WINES ON OFFER
ALIGOTÉ LES GRAVIERS
As François said about this wine, “The idea is to get away from the variety and closer to the place”. Les Graviers comes from vines adjacent to those of Les Rues (the Bourgogne Rouge), just opposite the village of Chambolle-Musigny. Aromas of apple skin and lime zest lead into a crunchy and pithy palate.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2024-2027
£185 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BOURGOGNE BLANC HAUTES CÔTES DE BEAUNE EN VALLEROT
A new wine in the 2022 vintage, this comes from Nuits-Saint-Georges, on the high slopes near the woods. The name Les Vallerots comes from Vallère or, in ancient French, Valière, meaning a small valley or hollow. Apple blossom and lime zest, leading into a palate of white peach skin and pear. Precise and crunchy.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2030
£285 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
MONTAGNY 1ER CRU LES CHAIGNOTS
We are moving down to the Côte Chalonnaise now. Aromas of apple skin and lime zest. The palate is more corpulent, with a lovely salty mineral granularity. A heart-on-sleeve wine of upfront charm, with acacia and white flower perfume persisting on the finish.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2024-2027
£345 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
MARSANNAY BLANC LA CROIX DE BOIS
This comes from 0.3 hectares in the village of Batayard, in the commune of Couchey. This holding is planted to both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. It is a mid-slope site, facing the combe. Very fresh and lively on the entry, combining sweet white pear fruit and yellow peach, with great viscosity. The finish is salty, with lingering pear skin flavours.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2028
£360 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
CÔTES DU JURA BLANC L'ÉCHENAUD 2021
Note that this is from the 2021 vintage. The only wine from outside the Côte d’Or in the line-up comes from just under a hectare of vines in Saint-Lothian, 15km southwest of Arbois. François took over these vines from his father-in-law in the 2019 vintage. They are planted at a relatively low density of 7,000 vines per hectare. 80% Chardonnay, 20% Savagnin. Aromas of honeysuckle, hay, honey and yellow peach, with a touch of crème brûlée. The palate offers pronounced wet stone minerality, with succulent yellow peach fruit. Juicy and almost chewable.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2030
£265 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
RED WINES ON OFFER
BOURGOGNE ROUGE LES RUES
Les Rues sits at the bottom of the village of Chambolle-Musigny, on the other side of the Route Nationale. The stones are very important here, making for excellent drainage. “A sort of Petit Chambolle”, according to François. Bright, sucrose-laden red berry fruit, with that distinctive Chambolle perfume and delicacy of structure on the palate. There is no punching down here.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2029
£275 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BEAUNE 1ER CRU CHAMPS PIMONT
This is a mid-slope site in Champs Pimont, above Les Avaux. There is a lot of limestone here. A structural wine, according to François. A dark and smoky nose leads into a crunchy, darkly berried palate, with notes of grilled meats. Julien Millet commented that there is always a lot of freshness in this wine.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2029
£525 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
VOLNAY LES GRANDS POISOTS
Les Grands Poisots is a large climatat the northern (Pommard) end of Volnay, below Les Brouillards, at the bottom of the slope. Poisot, from the ancient French Puisets/Puits, refers to water sources and streams. “A sort of echo of Chambolle,” is how François described it. A wine of crunchy red berry fruit, bright and perfumed, with mineral tension and power beneath the surface.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2032
£495 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
VOLNAY 1ER CRU LES ANGLES
On the road into Volnay, this premier cru offers masses of black pepper whatever the vintage, with the structural stamp of Volnay. As François says, you have to be cautious with this place and its pronounced minerality — “you can make a monster”. There is a lot of active limestone in Les Angles, which is at the same level on the slope as Grands Poisots. A dark and peppery nose, with a rich palate poised between red and black fruits, framed by firm fruit-coated tannins and with marked stony minerality.
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2025-2035
£825 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTES DE NUITS PETITE VIGNE
Segrois is a tiny village of 60 inhabitants on the other side of the hills above Vosne-Romanée, on the combe side valley, facing west. The last plot to be picked. Despite the afternoon sunshine here, there is 100m more elevation, making it 2-3°C cooler. In François’ words, this is a wine of “minerality and light”. The colour here is paler — as Francois says, “we didn’t try to turn the Hautes-Côtes into the Côte — which would be totally stupid.” Pure raspberry and blackberry, with a medium-bodied palate of upbeat energy and clarity.
Corney & Barrow Score 17 - 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2024-2030
£260 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
BOURGOGNE HAUTES CÔTE DE NUITS MARTENNES
Like the previous two wines, this is from Segrois. Pale ruby colour. A perfumed, crushed rock mineral nose. There is more structure and ‘shoulder’ here, with a darker-fruited profile. It is in these dark fruits that the structure is visible, says François, who calls this “The opposite of Petite Vigne.” Blueberries and blackberries on the finish.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5+
Recommended drinking from 2024-2030
£260 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
MARSANNAY LE POTET
A new wine in the 2022 vintage. Based in Couchey, this tiny lieu-ditwas once a muddy, marshy place. ‘Potet’ evokes something humid and silty, I am told. These are Marsannay’s typically sandy marl soils. Cool and darkly berried on the nose, with fine peppery spices and a layer of creamy generosity. The palate has more red fruit, with fresh acidity and a finish of liquorice and spices.
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2025-2032
£360 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
FIXIN EN L’OLIVIER
Fixin, at the northern end of the Côte de Nuits, is a rising star in Burgundy, in part thanks to its vein of limestone, which is perhaps its main differentiating factor from the clay and marl of Marsannay. En l’Olivier, the name coming from olive tree, is at the same level on the slope as the two premiers crus of Fixin. Wild strawberry and raspberry fruit aromas. A generous palate of red berry fruit is framed by firm yet fine and fruit-coated tannins. François called this “a river of red fruits,” adding that the grapes here tend to be thin-skinned.
Corney & Barrow Score 17
Recommended drinking from 2025-2031
£360 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LA CROIX DES CHAMPS
La Croix des Champs and the next wine, Le Fourneau, form a complementary pair, with diametrically opposed characters. Notes of orange rind and dark berries lead into a palate of mineral richness and dense dark berry fruit. A complete, powerful and refined wine which, in François’ words, is “both structural and mineral — minerality is leading the path of vinification.”
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5 - 18
Recommended drinking from 2026-2036
£650 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN LE FOURNEAU
Le Fourneau (the furnace) is only 100m from La Croix des Champs, the previous wine. A more classical Gevrey-Chambertin, Le Fourneau gets one punch-down, two-thirds of the way through fermentation. This is a more tactile, assertive and physically impressive wine, whose dark fruits are lifted by juicy acidity and tangy blood orange.
Corney & Barrow Score 17.5
Recommended drinking from 2028-2038
£650 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY LES FOUCHÈRES
To the north of Musigny and upslope from Les Amoureuses, Les Fouchères is close to the amphitheatre of Les Porlottes, the main component of Comte Georges de Vogüé’s Chambolle village. This is terroir which François knows well, and you can sense his enthusiasm for this plot. Pretty aromas of rose and sweet raspberry. The palate is fine and chalky, the fine red berry fruit framed by fruit-coated tannins. The finish is long,tensile and chalky. Describing this mineral momentum, François invokes a “river”, which brings “freshness and sweetness at the same time.”
Corney & Barrow Score 18
Recommended drinking from 2026-2036
£835 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK
CÔTES DU JURA ROUGE L'ÉCHENAUD 2020
100% Pinot Noir. Lifted raspberry fruit and pronounced floral aromatics on the nose. Minty and spicy — I appear to have jotted down “curry” — with supple blueberry fruit. A ballooning attack on the palate, with liquorice detailing. And then another comment (was it François who said it?) “Structural ─ like Chapelle!”
Corney & Barrow Score 17+
Recommended drinking from 2024-2030
£265 / case of 6 bottles, in bond UK