CHABLIS 1er Cru Fourchaume 2022 (Domaine Vrignaud)

DESCRIPTION

CHABLIS 1er cru FOURCHAUME is a Chablis 1er Cru made from 30 years old vines planted on the Fourchaume plot, whose surface area is 4 ha.

TERROIR

The Fourchaume 'climate' is located in the continuation of the Grands Crus area, and its vineyard is extended in very varied exposures which explain why the Fourchaume offers such a diversified range of expression.

The parcel Les Vaupulans is the most famous of the region, it is said the "grand seigneur" of the first Chablis crus. Western located on steep hillsides, the vineyards enjoy the caressing softness as the sun sets. The soil dates back to the middle/upper Kimmeridgian, a geological layer that is about 150 million years old, characterised by limestone and marl about 80 meters thick, whose sedimentation took place in a warm and agitated water.

This soil is composed of alternating limestone banks rich in small fossilised oysters, the Exogyra virgula, and grey marl. It is the preferred area for the great wines of Chablis.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are grown in accordance with the Organic Agriculture specifications and the winemaking is done with as little input as possible.

Once the grapes are harvested, they are gently pressed, then the juice is vatted in thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks where the alcoholic fermentation starts spontaneously under the indigenous yeasts action.
Once the alcoholic fermentation is completed, the must is racked into stainless steel tanks for a fine lees ageing phase of 12 months during which the malolactic fermentation is carried out by the indigenous bacteria.
Once the maturation is complete, the wine is racked, lightly filtered and then bottled.

The bottle is closed by a cork of the DIAM®'s brand, specially designed to guarantee zero wine's contamination by the cork, called "cork taste", thanks to the use of the cork flower previously cleared from the molecule responsible for this aromatic deviance.