Montrachet Grand Cru – 2013
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Vineyard Profile
- Appellation: Burgundy
- Location: 1 parcel in Chassagne-Montrachet
- Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
- Size: 0.082 hectare (0.2 acre)
- Vine Age: Planted 1960
- 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, 100% new (origin Allier)
Matured 12 months in new oak, followed by 6 months in 1-year-old oak, then prepared for bottling
Homeopathic fining and very light filtering, if necessary
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Reviews
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Montrachet Grand Cru – 2013 – 94 – 96 points – Vinous
“Strong nutty oak on the spicy nose. The fattest and sweetest of these 2013s…But the long, broad, expanding finish conveys an impression of great solidity, with the wines deeply pitched fruit-and-spice aftertaste enrobed by its wood.”