2018 Roy-Prevostat & Fils Chablis Vieilles Vignes Burgundy 750 ml

An incredibly rare and coveted bottle, the 2018 Roy-Prevostat & Fils Vieilles Vignes is blue-blood Chablis—and the vines that pushed out its deeply concentrated grapes are an astonishing 100 years old! 

The 2018 vintage—acclaimed by one grower as the “hour of glory” for Chablis—hails from one of the oldest plots of cultivated terroir in the region, where monks created the appellation 1000 years ago.

Endowed with incredible history and stop-in-your-tracks aromatics, this wine has shown up at influential locales as far-ranging as the elegant two-star destination Aquavit and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy’s tastemaking MICHELIN-starred wine bar, The Four Horsemen.

At Aquavit chef, Emma Bengtsson offers a masterful and inventive take on Nordic cuisine. Until today, it’s been one of the only places where we can order this old-vine stunner—one of our favorite bottles of Chablis.

Roy-Prevostat is a 400-year-old family-run affair that stays at the top of the game by keeping things simple in the vineyard. When you’ve got prized plots like these, with a legacy stretching back to France’s monastic era, it’s all about respecting the land and traditional viticulture. Spanning 69 acres, the vineyard occupies the high slopes of a southeast-facing hill composed of clay-limestone studded with fossilized seashells.

This ideal exposure allows vines to drink in the warm early-morning sun and protects the grapes from spring and winter chills. After 100 years in the ground, those vines produce grapes with a sublime complexity that’s nurtured in the cellar through a gentle pressing and native-yeast fermentation. The wine spends 18 months resting on its fine lees to add richness and body, but this is balanced by a vibrant acidity that practically begs for oysters or caviar.