Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

APPELLATION
Gevrey-Chambertin    

GRAPE VARIETY
100% Pinot Noir  

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13.5%  

BOTTLE SIZE
750 ml 

VINIFICATION + AGEING
Grapes were picked from a 2.70 hectares old vine parcel on September 20th. They were hand sorted and only partially destemmed and crushed before being transferred to stainless steel tanks. Fermentation started spontaneously and lasted three weeks during which light pumpovers and hand plunging were done. The wine was pressed and transferred to barrels (20% new) for MLF and 12 months ageing. The wine was bottled without prior fining or filtering on November 4th 2015. 

SOIL TYPE  
Mix of brown limestone and marl with gravelly and red loam subsoil oriented to the east at 260 meters average elevation  

VINEYARD TRAINING & MANAGEMENT  
Guyot – Sustainable viticulture  

VINE AGE
42 to 72 years old  

PLANTING DENSITY
10,000 vines/Ha  

YIELD
46 Hectolitre/Ha 

THE ESTATE

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