Union Square | Takeover with Clotilde Davenne

Please join us at Corkbuzz to welcome Clotilde Davenne from Chablis!

When: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 5-7 pm

Where: 13 E 13th St. New York, NY 10003

What: Flight & Wine by the Glass from Clotilde Davenne

About Clotilde:

Clotilde, who comes from a cattle farming family, began her wine career as chief oenologist for the well-known Chablis producer Jean-Marc Brocard. After working with Brocard for 16 years she eventually began assembling her own domaine, one small parcel at a time, bottling her first vintage in 2005. Today her domaine is comprised of vines in Chablis, Cote d’Auxerre, St. Bris – les Vignes, and Petit Chablis.

Her vines in Chablis are as old as 50 years as are her pinot noir vines in Irancy. But perhaps Clotilde’s most prized parcel is 3.5 ha of nearly 100 year old sauvignon blanc vines in St. Bris. She makes a mere 200 cases a year of this complex, intensely concentrated wine. Along with the wonderful range of wines Clotilde bottles from her estate holdings, she has access to fruit from prémier and grand cru vineyards in Chablis grown by vigneron who work to her exacting specification. In her own vines Clotilde is working naturally as possible, without the use of chemicals, and almost all of her production is harvested by hand. In the cellar all the wines undergo malolactic fermentation, a conscious decision by Clotilde, as she feels it "brings greater complexity to the wines.”

Never listening to the doubters, Clotilde has taken a plot of “waste of time” vines and developed it into the rewarding project of a lifetime.

Reservations are encouraged, but not required.  Our full wine list and dinner menu are available.