Montagny Premier Cru La Grande Pièce - Château de Davenay

About the vintage : This vintage 2020, produced in relatively complicated conditions and context for all, was marked by a historical precocity, from the bud to the harvest. The result is absolutely exceptional and remarkably classic ! The maturities sometimes arrived on their own timing, just like the flowering season : choosing the date of the harvest required cold blood as well as patience! The peculiar conditions of this vintage have generated new and quite unique balances. The white wines are fruity and express a nice aromatic complexity, with very nice acidities. The red wines stand out for their incredible color ! They are concentrated and have character while keeping a nice freshness that offer gourmet profiles with a focus on black fruits.

Terroir : Magnificient clay-limestone terroir, in a place of beautiful biodiversity, overlooking the Château de Davenay. La Grande Pièce is located mid-slope just below Le Clos Chaudron. Single plot of 4 hecatres where vines were planted between 1930 and 2010.

Viticultural Practices : The vines are grown organically. Mechanical labour of the soil. They are pruned in simple guyot with long sticks and disbudded every other eye, so the bunches end up beautiful and airy.

Vinification : Grapes harvested by hand in crates, sorted on a sorting table if necessary and conveyed directly to the pneumatic press. Pressing of whole grapes for two and a half hour. The juice from stainless steel vats settles at 12 degrees overnight. Then the must is directly transferred to barrels to achieve alcoholic fermentation (traditional Burgundy vinification in barrels and stainless steev vats).

Ageing : Aged 10 to 12 months in 10hl barrels or stainless steel vats.