CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET Blanc 2016 (Domaine Sylvain Morey)

The Chassagne-Montrachet Blanc village is a blended wine whose grapes come from three different parcels:

• "Les Meix Goudard" (The term "Meix" is a medieval history legacy and refers to a rural dwelling adjoining a garden or an orchard); this small plot circles the village cemetery. The second plot, "La Bergerie", is located in front of Meix Goudard. Both are planted with young vines, vigorous and productive,
• the third parcel "Les Pierres" is in the area of The ​​Château de Chassagne-Montrachet, and carries the old Chardonnay vines from the Morey estate, less vigorous but with more concentrated and richer grapes.

The three of them have the same soil, whose composition is identical to the "Les Chambres" splot's one which produces the red Chassagne-Montrachet wine. The presence of clay colluvium mixed with limestone fragments provides an excellent drainage for the vines that produce full-bodied and long white wines.

The 2016 chaotic weather did not spare these three plots whose yields are 30% lower than in 2015 because of the spring frost and mildew attacks that the abundant rains of May have greatly favored. Twist of fate: the summer was hot and dry, allowing a quick ripening of the grapes, whose aromatic quality makes 2016 ... a very great vintage! A nice way to console us for the meager quantities available ...