Stéphanie et Vincent Michelet

Chablis, France

Stéphanie Michelet, the daughter of Jean-Claude Courtault, is a second generation vigneron who, in 2008, started her own production with husband Vincent under the Domaine Stéphanie et Vincent Michelet label. We chanced upon their Petit Chablis at a quick lunch stop in Chablis and it was exactly what we were searching for in style and deliciousness so we got straight on the phone and arranged a visit.

Today their small, eponymous label covers 6 hectares of Petit Chablis on Portlandian limestone and 1 hectare of Chablis around their home village of Lignorelles, 70% of which is 60 years old. The latter vineyard sits over Kimmeridgian limestone, peppered with fossils of Exogyra virgula, the comma-shaped shellfish from over 152 million years ago which you can can see on the Michelet wine label.

In the vineyard the viticulture is sustainable, with a constant effort made to reduce inputs. In the winery, things are done traditionally; cool ferments in stainless steel and storage on fine lees in a mix of stainless tank, old enamel-lined steel vats and some older large format barrels.

In 2019, Stéphanie and Vincent took over all the family vineyards (an additional 16 hectares across all the Chablis ACs previously managed by Stephanie’s father Jean-Claude) and today run the two labels, ‘Stephanie et Vincent Michelet’ and ‘Domaine Courtault’. We love the Michelet wines for their purity and crystalline minerality.