CHABLIS 2021 (Domaine Vrignaud)

DESCRIPTION

The CHABLIS cuvée is a blend of 6 parcels located in the village of Fontenay-près-Chablis : Champréaux, La Bralée, Chemin des Chaumes, Sur l'étang, Les usages and Chasse-loup.

TERROIR

The vines on these six parcels are about 30 years old and offer a yield of 50hl/ha. They draw their nutrients from soils dating from the Portlandian (Upper Jurassic), a geological layer about 142 Million years old, characterized by limestone, known as "Calcaires du Barrois", which was formed in a shallow marine environment.
Located at an altitude of about 150 to 230 meters, these very hard limestones are separated by marly benches about fifty meters thick which makes them suitable for vine growing.

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.
The must is aged on fine lees for 8 months during which 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.