From fruit near the Chablis region (Tonnerre). Vinified and aged in stainless steel. Clay and limestone soils. Native yeasts and long fermentations are the norm, lending a firm sense of terroir and a delicate complexity to his wines.

Val de Mer is Patrick Piuzes second winery, co-owned with Moutard-Diligent. The winemaking is very similar to his own, eponymous line: both are hand-harvested, both are spontaneously fermented, and the lvage is the same (used barrels for 1er Cru and Grand Cru and tanks on entry-level.)

However, there are distinct differences. The fruit for the Val de Mer wines does not come from the same vineyards. They are produced in a separate winery- Val de Mer is in Tonnerre- and is an above-ground cellar, so the wines take the temperature of the season during aging. Lastly, you could say that Val de Mer is a more traditional Chablis winery in the way that the wines are bottled, favoring broader representations of the vineyards.