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AGE OF THE VINE
55 years old
GEOLOGY
The vines are located in the Puligny Montrachet Village area, in the south of the Côte de Beaune. "Les Combettes» plot is in the north of Puligny between Meursault village and Puligny Montrachet one. Soil : A clayey-limestone substratum, very stony, light brown soils and an orientation towards the East. The pruning is done in Guyot (Poussard) with different works during the green season. (Disbudding, trellising, topping).
VINIFICATION
Manual harvest, sorting on vine then in the vat and finally pressing (pneumatic press) to obtain a slow extraction.
AGEING
Barreling after a slight settling. The grapes are put in French oak barrels of 228 liters (15 % of new barrels) in which the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in yeasts and native bacteria will take place. Breeding will be long on fine lees for 18 months. Without stirring. One month before bottling, the wine from different barrels is placed in a stainless steel tank for blending. Filling before gluing and light filtration before bottling. Bottling is done according to the lunar calendar.
TASTING NOTE
On the palate, this wine is full and rich from the start. The mid-palate is full with notes of apricot, peach, a light touch of citrus and a little exotic fruit. The acidity is present but well enveloped by the richness of the wine.
FOOD PAIRING
Fatty fish, turbot, Saint-Pierre, all cream sauces. Its complexity requieres a rich, greedy cuisine... Serving temperature : 12 °C
(Domaine Girardin)
Anbauregion: | Burgund, Côte de Beaune Burgund |
Flaschengröße: | 75 cl - Bouteille, Normalflasche |
Jahrgang: | 2015 |
Klassifikation: | Premier Cru (Burgund) |
Typ: | Weißwein trocken Weißwein |
Land: | Frankreich |
Weingut: | Domaine Girardin, Vincent |
Lage: | Les Combettes |
Rebsorte: | 100% Chardonnay |
Ausbau: | 18 Monate in zu 15% neuen, französischen französischen Piéce (228 Liter) |
Durchschnittliches Rebenalter: | 55 Jahre |
Boden: | Kalkstein-Verwitterungsschutt darunter Mergelböden mit geringem Lehmanteil auf einem Sockel von Jurakalk |
Alkoholgehalt: | 13,5 % vol |
Trinkempfehlung ab: | jetzt |
Trinkempfehlung bis: | 2035 |
Trinktemperatur: | 12-14 °C |
Verschluss: | Naturkork |
Bewertung Burghound: | 90-93/100 |
Bewertung Daniel Nussbaum: | 93+/100 |
Bewertung Jahrgang: | *****/***** |
Abgefüllt von: | Domaine Vincent Girardin, Z.A. les Champs Lins, 21190 Meursault, Frankreich |