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- Winemaker Marie-Ange Robin is the fourth generation of winemakers in the family. It was her father Guy who, plot by plot, bought and planted Chablis vineyards in the 1950s and 1960s - at the time, many winemakers left Chablis because viniculture in this cold region was too difficult. But it was Marie-Ange who took the winery to great heights.
Domaine Guy Robin boasts a rich, if not the richest, collection of old vines. About 80% of the wine from the vines - spread across five grand crus and four premier crus are 'Vieilles Vignes'.
These old vines, and traditional vinification methods ensure that there are few Chablis wines with as much character, concentration and complexity as Marie-Ange's wines. The wines are across the board; seductive, rich and unctuous.
Vaudésir is a grand cru vineyard of 16.23ha, like Valmur, this valley is enclosed and shaped like an amphitheatre. This shape works to capture the heat, so to speak. Domaine Guy Robin owns a total of half a hectare in this valley. They have a south to south-east orientation. Marie-Ange's older vines produce very little fruit here, but what is harvested is always outstanding.
'Vaudésir' is a stunning but often overlooked grand cru that combines the best of all worlds: full, sunny flesh with a spicy, sea-salt backbone, a wine equally suitable as an aperitif or as a cellar treasure a decade or so later.
This double exposure results in a full-bodied wine, with stewed white fruit, silky, intense and with bright acidity.