Following the sale of the wine trading business of their father Pascal Bouchard in 2015, Romain and Damien created their new estate “Domaine de l’Enclos” by the regrouping of their two former wine entities, “Domaine Pascal Bouchard” and “Domaine de la Grande Chaume”. In 2015, they acquired a rather large, beautiful, walled property in the heart of Chablis where they built a gravity and energy efficient winery. Today, the estate encompasses an area of 39 hectares of vineyard of which 6 hectares are certified organic, 23 hectares in organic conversion and 10 hectares which will be engaged in organic production very soon. Their vines are included in 4 levels of the Chablis appellation, including some of the finest terroirs with three Grands Crus and five Premiers Crus.
The bulk of the work is done in the vineyards. There are 12 workers year-round (and double the amount at harvest) who take the greatest care in the vineyard to extract the highest quality of fruit. Indeed, plots that do not yet have organic certification, are in the process of obtaining it.
The respectful size of the vines, the use of organic fertilizers and the manual harvesting of all their “Crus” wines reflect the respect that the winemakers attach to their land. To protect their vines from disease, they use only natural products, copper, sulfur and plant preparations. They are even trying, at this moment, some experiments in biodynamics.
2016 is the first vintage that was made in the brand new winery. The vinification and aging of their wines are conducted in a natural way, except for a minimal addition of sulfur during the bottling stage, no other enological input is used.
