Francois Servin’s father, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather and great great great grandfather were all named Marcel. As you see from this, tradition is important to the Servin family, which because of its long history in Chablis, owns some great parcels – four Grand Crus:
Blanchots
Bougros
Les Clos
Preuses
Three premier Crus:
Les Forets
Montee de Tonnerre
Vaillons
Even the parcels of village are very well situated, with their largest, les Pargues, formerly being a Premier Cru.
Francois, however, while appreciating the great tradition, is starting to take some steps to bring this formerly solid, rather than spectacular-performing domaine (with the spectacular potential sites) into the forefront of Chablis. He is resuming the practices of hand harvesting (all the Grand Cru are now hand harvested; a large portion of the Premier Cru, too). For new planting, he is using uncloned Chardonnay and planting it a greater density. Some cuvees are being bottled for us with no filtration, and we are working very closely together on other ideas.
Additionally, the Revue du Vin de France and The Wine Advocate have started to write promising things. Revue du Vin de France, for instance, wrote great things about the 2000 Grand Crus
"Decidedly, the Domaine Servin had a magnificent success in its 2000 vintage; its classique, careful vinification enabled it to preserve the freshness, while the great maturity of the harvest engendered softness."
Bougros #9; 4 ˝ Stars (out of 5)
Les Preuses 4 Stars
Blanchot 4 ˝ Stars
Technical information available:
Domaine Servin 2006
Petit Chablis
Domaine Servin 2005
Chablis Les Pargues
Domaine Servin 2005
Les Clos
Domaine Servin 2005
Montee de Tonnerre
Domaine Servin 2005
1er Cru Butteaux
Domaine Servin 2004
Vieilles Vignes Selection Massale