CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET WHITE WINE 2022 (Vincent BACHELET)

TERROIR

The vineyard of Chassagne-Montrachet extends southwards from those of Puligny and ends at the Saint-Aubin's anticlinal valley.
A second long, even slope, known as "La Grande Montagne", faces south-south-east and extends the eastern side of the anticlinal valley, where most of the vineyards are classified as Premiers crus.

At the beginning, this slope is the geological continuation of the Puligny hillside, from which it is separated only by the anticlinal valley, and whose terroir is very favourable for Chardonnay.
In the village of Chassagne-Montrachet, the fault collapsed the limestone base of the Bathonian (169 to 164 million years ago) at the top of the Argovian marls (Upper Jurassic - Oxfordian stage, 158 to 156 million years ago).

The Volnay syncline reveals the Liassic layer and the Jurassic hard limestones, which explains the presence of the Pinot Noir variety and the increasingly important production of red wine in this area.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The vines are managed according to the principles of an "intelligent" sustainable agriculture. Treatments on the vines are carried out only when absolutely necessary.

The grapes are harvested by hand and the whole bunches (berries and stalks) are immediately pressed in the winery. The alcoholic fermentation takes place in the presence of native yeasts, followed by the malolactic fermentation.

The wine is aged for 12 months on its fine lees in new barrels (from 20% to 35%) and in barrels of 1 or 2 wines. Regular stirring of the lees is carried out during the first months of ageing.

The must is then racked into stainless steel tanks to rest for 3 months. It is then fined and filtered before bottling.

The bottle is sealed with a DIAM5® cork stopper which guarantees the absence of TCA contamination of the wine (or cork taste)