Unusually for a Chablis domaine, Baudouin Millet has much more Petit Chablis than AOC Chablis (region-wide there is about three times more Chablis than Petit Chablis).

They have nine hectares of Petit Chablis located in the far south-east of the region, just within the commune of Poilly-sur-Serein. The vines are approaching 40 years of age, and were the initial plantings by Philippe Millet in the early 1980s.

Picked late compared to the viticultural norm, it was fermented and matured in enamel-lined steel tank, resting on its lees for about six months (they also release an extended lees PC bottling called La Perle). It saw full malolactic fermentation.

This Petit Chablis is light yellow in colour with green highlights, limpid and brilliant. The nose is pleasant, revealing citrus notes and floral scents. On the palate, the attack is rich and aromatic; the wine is well balanced, with good tension and persistence, revealing a mineral note as it evolves.

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Though Domaine Baudouin Millet is a producer of superb value classic Chablis it has a decidedly non-classical background. Long-time cereal farmer Philippe Millet only turned his hand to grape growing in the 1980s, subsequently aided by his sons Paterne and Baudouin. The domaine changed name to Baudouin Millet in 2011, when the younger son fully assumed the reins of the wine side of the business.

Today the domaine encompasses nine hectares of AOC Petit Chablis, based near Poilly-sur-Serein, four hectares of AOC Chablis in Beru and Viviers
in the south east of the region, plus one hectare in 1er Cru Vaucoupin. They also source fruit from Les Preuses and Vaudesir to release tiny amounts
of Grand Cru, plus there is some Bourgogne Blanc and Cremant de Bourgogne. The family winery is in the village of Tonnerre, to the east of Chablis.