Visit to Domaine Benoit Chevallier – Tasting the 2025s

Burgundy is all about knowing the good and right producers. Vintages are different, but in reality, it is almost always the same producers who make the good wines and the Vin d`emotion. They have the right vineyards and the talent to produce the wines. I will therefore focus more on the producers and a bit less on the single tasting notes.

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Vigneron: Benoit Chevallier –

Benoit Chevallier is a relatively new, very promising producer in Vosne-Romanée. The wines are pure, clean, and on the slightly polished side. Very enjoyable wines that give you the urge to taste more. The cold fermentation is the key, as it gives a good chance to find a wine with emotional qualities.

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About

Domaine Benoit Chevalier is an exciting new name in Vosne-Romanée, Benoit having taken over the vineyards of his father’s family. His dad, Maurice Chevallier, was the previouslyPrevious mayor of Vosne-Romanée, and the family has further vineyards in the area; Benoit’s cousin, Yves Chevallier, runs his own eponymous estate.

Benoit is both a friendly and a competent guy who has gotten a fine start as a vigneron. Previously, he was in the technology business, but clearly, he also has hidden talents as a winegrower.

The estate is located on the RD974, and Benoit’s first vintage was 2019. So, with a couple of years under his belt, let’s take a closer look at the 2025s.

Style and expression

The style is quite clear for such a young domaine, using destemmed grapes and a relatively long (four- to five-day) cold pre-fermentation. These choices give the wines a spicy, perfumed style that is delicate and could, with a bit of additional refinement, compare favourably to that of Domaine Bachelet in Gevrey-Chambertin.

Benoit Chevallier is continuing his style and is gradually improving the expression of the wines.

Tasted 20 October 2026

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Domaine Benoit Chevallier Bourgogne 2025

The Bourgogne rouge is from the climats Aux Bas des Communes (0.15 ha) and En Lutenière (1.2 ha). A generous and delicate wine as usual, 2025 does show its beautiful note in this wine. A tremendous Bourgogne rouge.

(Drink from 2026) – Very Good (88p) –

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Domaine Benoit Chevallier Vosne-Romanée 2025

The regular Vosne-Romanée shows lovely love the 2025 complexity in its rich and perfumed notes. Alcohol on the ample side. Lovely minerality and a perfumed Vosne mid-palate. Showing very well … charming and effortless.

(Drink from 2033) – Very Good (90p) –

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Domaine Benoit Chevallier Vosne-Romanée Colombiere 2025

A Vosne-Romanée Colombiere is more on the mineral side, like the previous years. This year, the generosity is following the regular Bourgogne. Needs time … but a lovely and powerful village.

(Drink from 2035) – Very Good (91-92p) –

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