Corton Grand Cru Clos des Fiètres 2016 - Au Pied du Mont Chauve

About the vintage : After a mild winter, we haven't expected that spring would be marked by a polar cold, which affected the vineyard at the end of April and caused an episode of frost unprecedented in its scope. Fortunately, the vine resumed its cycle thanks to the return of the sun and the heat in June. Flowering, fruit set and maturation went smoothly, and also thanks to a beautiful late season. Great balances on the palate, which confer elegance, finesse and structure to the wines, for white as for red. They make up the unexpected signature of this vintage.

Terroir : This plot is located mid-hill, in the center of the village of ALOXE-CORTON. It is sheltered by a Clos. The soil is reddish and stony, calcareous brown, rich in Marne and Potash.
Vines are over a hundred years old, pruned in simple Guyot, with long baguettes and disbudded every other eye, so the bunches end up beautiful and airy.

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 : The grapes are carefully hand-picked into small crates, and then sorted on the sorting-table before full destemming. The grapes are then transported in small stainless steel cases in order to keep the raw material in great condition with no damage. Traditional burgundy vinification, in open-top temperature-controlled tanks.

Ageing : 15 months, including 12 months in oak barrels (30% of new barrels). Light filtration before bottling