Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire

About Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire

Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Sainte Claire expresses with a great deal of finesse the typicity of its Chablis soil: the Kimmeridgian. Made from Chardonnay grapes, this vintage expresses the singularity of the region through its strength, precision, and freshness. On the nose, notes of lemon, yellow fruits. The mouth is wrapped, balanced, and tangy.

About Jean-Marc Brocard

Jean-Marc Brocard’s origins lie in the Côte d’Or. For he is a farmer’s son from the village of Chaudenay-le-Château, not even the son of the vigneron. It was an accident of marriage that brought him to wine, he married Claudine (his childhood sweetheart), a vigneron’s daughter from the village of St-Bris-le-Vineux in the valley of Yonne. Starting with a hectare of vines from his father-in-law, Emile Petit, he has created an estate of some 180 hectares vineyards in Chablis and Burgundy. Jean-Marc acknowledges a considerable debt to one of the old vignerons of St-Cyr les Colons, a man Louis Petit, who despite the name is unrelated to his father-in-law. The oldest vines of the Domaine Sainte Claire came from Louis Petit and it was he who gave to Jean-Marc the sense of tradition and a respect for nature, showing him that you can still maintain the old traditions while practicing modern methods. Born and bred, devoted to the land and it’s characterful wines. A Vine grower, Jean-Marc is also a merchant maturing and trading 4,000,000 bottles a year. A specialist in the different wines of Chablis and its surrounding region. Brocard and his assistant winemaker, Oenologist Patrick Piuze pay close attention to the different characteristics of the various vineyards within the estate. Different cuvées of Chablis are labeled to the astrological sign at the time of bottling. The Brocard family eat similar dishes to their parents and grandparents, relying as much as possible on what they can grow or shoot themselves. Committed also to Eco-friendly viticulture, Julien Brocard, Jean-Marc’s son, an Engineering graduate was appointed Vineyard Manager. The company exports 60% of its products mainly to the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Japan, and the USA. Jean-Marc says “The truth of wine lies in the soil where it has grown. The technique is an important factor in the wine-growing, but it is only an aid, the wine is essentially the product of its soil.” also ” The soil of Chablis is exceptional and cannot be found anywhere in the world; therefore I am a hard believer of the future of Chablis even for the next Millennium.”