Corton Grand Cru Clos Les Perrières 2018 - Au Pied du Mont Chauve

About the vintage : The 2018 vintage was full of richness, marked by the great maturity of the grapes with great ageing potential. Thanks to the rain at the end of August, the vines gave both abundant and very good quality yield. The white grapes were ripe, rich and powerful. Tasted a few months after the bottling, the wines tend to settle down, keeping the richness of the fruit, and developing a slight toasted and mineral reduction notes, typical of great Chardonnay. The Pinot Noir were very ripe, with a dark ruby color and a strong tannic structure: on some vintages they sometimes take on southern accents !

Terroir : The plot is located in the middle of the hillside, in a rather flat area, facing South-East. The clay-limestone soil, brown and very stony, is quite deep and has the same structure as the surface. Average age of the vines : 35 years

Viticultural Practices : The grapes are grown biodynamically. At spring, we stimulate the microbial activity of the soil with a very energizing preparations such as the 500: horn manure and the 500 P: prepared horn manure. During the vegetative cycle, in addition to the copper sulfate treatment in the vineyards, we also spray decoctions of horsetail, nettle, wicker and silica that have an energizing and disease prevention power for the vines. Natural grassing between the vines, and mechanical work of the soil. The vines are trained in single guyot, keeping one long cane and one spur per vine, one budding every two eyes, in order to obtain well ventilated and beautiful grapes.

Vinification : 100% de-stemmed harvest, then traditional vinification in thermo-regulated stainless steel vats. Vatting time of about 15 days

Ageing : 12 to 15 months in oak barrels (30% of new barrels).