Domaine Raveneau

[1][2] François was the first member of his family to bottle his own wine; previously the grapes had been sold to other estates to use.

[3] François's father, Louis Raveneau had previously owned a number of parcels of land in Chablis, but sold them all during the 1950s.

Chablis was going through a difficult economic period due to increased competition from the Languedoc wine region which reduced the demand for Chablis, decimation of the vineyards from phylloxera and the interruption in production due to World War II.

François still saw the potential of the region and took advantage of low land prices in the 1960s and 1970s to expand the estate, including parcels in some of the Chablis Grand cru vineyards.

[5] There is also a newly acquired 0.95 hectare parcel of village classified Chablis, on the opposite side of the Vaillons slope.