Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2011
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Vineyard Profile
- Appellation: Burgundy
- Location: 3 parcels in Chevalier-Montrachet
- Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
- Size: Total of 1.80 hectares (4.45 acres)Chevalier du bas sud (lower south): 6.5 ouvrées (0.69 acre), planted in 1957 and 1958Chevalier du bas nord (lower north): 16 ouvrées (1.69 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 – 2011 – 96 Points, Bruce Sanderson’s Recommended White Burgundies – Wine Spectator
"Shows an inner sense of power rather than sheer size, developing peach, lemon, baking spice and mineral flavors. Vivid and long."
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Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2011 – 93-96 points, Don’t Miss! – Burghound.com
"There is a lilting mouth feel to the gorgeously intense, precise and cuts-like-a-knife medium weight plus flavors that brim with mineral and an abundance of dry extract that coats the palate on the hugely long finish."