Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2009
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Vineyard Profile
- Appellation: Burgundy
- Location: 3 parcels in Chevalier-Montrachet
- Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
- Size: Total of 1.99 hectares (4.92 acres)Chevalier du bas sud (lower south): 6.5 ouvrées (0.69 acre), planted in 1957 and 1958Chevalier du bas nord (lower north): 21 ouvrées (2.22 acres), planted in 1955, 1964 and 1980Chevalier du haut (upper): 19 ouvrées (2.01 acres), planted in 1974
- Soil: Calcareous clay
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Vintage Report
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Ripeness monitored parcel-by-parcel for optimal harvest date
Hand harvested with grape sorting
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Vinification
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Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, “débourbage, or “settling of the juice,” over 24 hours; then racking and running the must into cask
Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 25% new (maximum 1/3 Vosges, minimum 2/3 Allier)
Aged 12 months in cask, 6 months in tank, then prepared for bottling
Homeopathic fining and very light filtering at bottling, if necessary
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Reviews
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Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2009 – 96 points – Burghound.com
“An ultra-pure and high-toned nose of mineral-based reduction, spiced pear and acacia blossom gives way to overtly stony and quite finely detailed broad-shouldered flavors that…are crystalline in their transparency.”
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Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2009 – 94 points – Wine Spectator
“Broad and muscular, this white evokes nut oil, smoke, butterscotch, peach, melon and spice flavors. Still a bit raw and unformed, with a long expansive finish. Turns creamier and silkier with aeration.”
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Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2009 – 98 points, A Year’s Best White Burgundy – Wine & Spirits
“…a sunny purity, an umami fragrance of the earth and a lemon blossom honey scent that feigns sweetness later revealed as savory richness in a finish that raises this wine into another realm."
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Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2009 – (93-96) points – Burghound.com
"An ultra-pure and high-toned nose of wet stone, spiced pear and acacia blossom gives way to even stonier and quite finely detailed broad-shouldered flavors…built on a base of liquid limestone with impeccable balance and flat out stunning persistence…"