CHOREY-LES-BEAUNE WHITE WINE 2023 (Domaine Maillard)
BOURGOGNE - AOP CHOREY-LES-BEAUNE - DRY WHITE WINE
Grape variety: Chardonnay (100%)
Ageing in 228-liter oak barrels for 12 to 18 months with stirring
- Nose: intense and rich. Aromas of fresh citrus fruit, white stone fruit and a hint of toast.
- Palate: invigorating and full. Long, lemony finish.
Tasting date: September 2024.
OUR OPINION: 2023 plays the freshness card and presents a fine aromatic complexity. This white is as beautiful and intense as ever!
| Fresh - Complex - Elegant |
TERROIR
The CHOREY-LES-BEAUNES vineyard is an exception in the winegrowing landscape of the Côte because it is the furthest away from the foot's hill. It owes its existence to the wide Rhoin valley which brought excellent clay-limestone colluvium into the piedmont, favorable to a winegrowing of high quality.
The production of white wines for this designation is also confidential.
The soils date from the Upper Jurassic, between -160 and -154 million years ago. They are composed of limestone marls which have sedimented in a warm sea whose depth has varied following its progressive regression.
These limestone marls are covered with a layer of colluvium carried by the Rhoin, a layer thick enough to hide the mother rock.
Naturally well-drained, these soils offer the vines a privileged position which prevents them from blocking their maturity during the hot years, as it can sometimes be the case on the slopes.
WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING
The grapes are harvested manually and the bunches are carefully sorted on site in the vineyard: only the most beautiful and ripe grapes are kept.
Once they arrive at the cellar, the bunches are immediately pressed by a low-pressure and very slow pneumatic pressing.
The juice which flows is then vatted to be settled and then racked into 228-liter barrels (including a small part of new barrels) to carry out its alcoholic and malolactic fermentations. It continues to mature there for 12 to 18 months depending on the vintage.
During the ageing phase, the must is regularly stirred in order to put the lees in suspension and to bring roundness to the wine.
Once the ageing is over, the must is fined and filtered before being bottled.
| Country | Burgundy |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Dry |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Chardonnay |
| Alcohol rate | 13,5 % |
| Quality Designation | Chorey-lès-Beaune |
| Cellar Potential | 8 years |
| Service advise | 14°C (57°F). Open 1/4 hr before the service. |
| Culture Methods | Traditional |
| Fining | Yes |
| Filtering | Yes |
| Comments | Slow pressing ♦ Fermentation and lees ageing of 12 to 18 months in oak barrels ♦ Stirring. |
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