Saint-Aubin 1er Cru

Saint-Aubin 1er Cru

Les Champlots

Dégustation

  • Tasting notes: The limestone soil of this climate gives the wine a lovely freshness on the nose. The minerality on the palate is combined with notes of white flowers, and the acidity gives it length. Ageing potential: 5-7 years.
  • Production: approximately 1,200 bottles per year.

Terroir

  • Area: 0.20 hectares
  • Location: Plot located on a cool limestone hillside above the hamlet of Gamay.
  • Exposure: west
  • Grape variety: Chardonnay
  • Age: 35 years
  • Soil: Clay-limestone

Viticulture

  • Cultivation method: sustainable, without herbicides or insecticides.
  • Harvesting: manual
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Vinification

  • Vinification: The grapes are pressed using a pneumatic press, and the lightly settled juice is then placed in barrels where alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place naturally.
  • Ageing: 100% in oak barrels, 25% of new, for 11 months, then blended in stainless steel vats and bottled after 15 months.