Bourgogne Chardonnay Vieilles Vignes

APPELLATION
Bourgogne      

GRAPE VARIETY
100% Chardonnay  

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13%  

BOTTLE SIZE
750 ml

VINIFICATION & AGEING  
Grapes were hand picked on September 15th from selected old vine parcels in the southern Côte d’Or and Côte Chalonnaise. They were lightly pressed and cold settled in tanks before fermentation occurred spontaneously using indigenous yeast and minimal intervention.  Malolactic fermentation followed before light barrel ageing (10% new oak) without lees steering. The wine was lightly fined and filtered before bottling on September 2nd. 

SOIL TYPE  
Clay and limestone with east to southeast exposure and 245 meters average elevation  

VINEYARD TRAINING & MANAGEMENT  
Guyot & Sustainable viticulture    

AVERAGE VINE AGE  
65 years old  

PLANTING DENSITY  
10,000 vines/Ha  

YIELD  
50 Hectolitre/Ha

THE ESTATE

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