Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2014
-
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
-
Vintage Report
-
Ripeness monitored parcel-by-parcel for optimal harvest date
Hand-harvested with grape sorting
-
-
Vinification
-
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
-
Images
Reviews
-
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2014 – 97 points – Wine Spectator
"Vivid and tense, setting the stage for lemon verbena, green apple, nut oil, chalk and spice flavors. A hint of tannins is present on the long, bracing aftertaste. Racy and refined."
-
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2014 – 98 points – Decanter
“… It has a huge, intense nose of lime, pears and apricot with aromatic tension and complexity. A fine, assertive and extremely youthful attack: concentrated yet racy and very mineral from start to finish. A racehorse of a wine with amazing length…”
-
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2014 – 98 points – Decanter
" … lime, pears and apricot, with aromatic tension and complexity. A fine, assertive and extremely youthful attack: concentrated yet racy and very mineral from start to finish … amazing length and detail, and that classic stony minerality."
-
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru – 2014 – 94-96 points – Vinous
“Subtly complex aromas and flavors of peach, noble herbs, flowers and smoky, flinty minerality, with a lightly metallic character. Tactile and dense but light on its feet and youthfully laid-back. Finishes scented, subtle and very long…”