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Domaine Servin has been rooted in the village of Chablis since 1654, when the Servin family first appears in local records as vineyard owners. Seven generations of winemakers, ploughmen and coopers later, the estate remains one of the largest and oldest family run domaines in the appellation, farming 37 hectares across some of Chablis's most celebrated slopes.

Today the Domaine is guided by François Servin, whose feel for the wines was shaped at his grandfather's side after he lost his father at just 14 years old. That grandfather poured him vintages going back to 1929, instilling a conviction that real Chablis needs time: a wine built for the long haul rather than early charm. Working alongside his Australian brother-in-law Mark Cameron, François has spent decades bringing tradition and innovation together, reviving hand harvesting across the Grand and Premier Crus, favouring uncloned, massale selection plantings over uniform clones, and vinifying each parcel separately to preserve its individual character.

The Domaine's holdings read like a map of Chablis at its finest: four Grand Crus, Bougros, Blanchot, Les Clos and Les Preuses, alongside six Premier Crus including Vaillons, Les Forêts, Montée de Tonnerre and Vaucoupin. All of it grows on the region's signature Kimmeridgian limestone, a chalky, fossil rich soil laid down by an ancient sea that gives Chablis its unmistakable saline minerality.

The result is a range that stays true to a classic Chablis idea: precise, mineral driven Chardonnay built to reward patience in the cellar.