ASSEMBLAGE 100% Chardonnay, 74% from 2020 vintage with perpetual reserve (2015-2019) comprising the balance.
THE VINEYARD Les Gras d’Huile, Beaunay – great biodiversity and natural edible vegetation.
SOIL Lignite-rich clay topsoil above chalk & marl subsoil; the clay in this parcel will form a crust which prevents water evaporation.
VINE AGE Planted in 1993
FERMENTATION Direct-pressed to 228L barrels (François Frère oak barrels from the forests of central France, an average of 4 years of age), where it will age for 11 months on the natural lees without racking. Malo-lactic conversion allowed.
AGING Bottled for secondary fermentation in July 2021; disgorged September 2023.
BOTTLES PRODUCED 2021 Vintage: 2562; 2020 Vintage: 1049
No sulfites are used during harvest or bottling. Settling is done by overflow, no fining or filtration.
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