Montrachet Grand Cru – 2014
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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 – 2014 – 94-97 points – Vinous
“Bright, light yellow. Reduced aromas of apricot, peach, iodine and grilled, smoky oak. Large-scaled, solid and sweet but with strong lemony acidity and iodiney crushed-stone character enlivening the stone fruit and orange blossom flavors.”