MARSANNAY CHARDONNAY 2018 (Domaine Sylvain PATAILLE)

DESCRIPTION

The MARSANNAY CHARDONNAY cuvée is a blend of vines planted in 1949, 1951, 1989, 2009 and 2012, but also a blend of five different terroirs, including the famous En Blungey and Clos du Roy localities.

WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING

The estate lost its Organic Culture certification in 2016 when the frost and the hail devastated the Burgundy vineyards, forcing the winemakers to use phytosanitary products to save the rest of the harvest. This is the reason why the 2018 vintage does not carry the Bio label, the latter will reappear on the bottles in 2020.

Once harvested, the grapes are rigorously sorted and then pressed using a vertical press for 5 to 7 hours. The must is left to rest to settle and then it is transferred to old barrels to carry out its alcoholic and malolactic fermentations. No yeasting is done, only the native yeasts are involved. The must then matures for 18 months in oak barrels, including 33% of new barrels.

At the end of the aging phase, the must is drawn off without fining and then lightly filtered only if this operation is necessary. It is then bottled with a slight addition of SO2 to stabilize the wine.