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Montagny Premier Cru
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Montagny Premier Cru

Montagny Premier Cru
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  • Cellaring

    Optimal consumption: 4 to 6 years

    Ageing potential: 8 years

  • Tasting temperature

    13°C

Grape variety

Chardonnay

Vineyard

Producing communes: Montagny, Buxy, Saint-Vallerin and Jully-les-Buxy.

Site: one of the four communes of the Côte Chalonnaise, also known as Region of Mercurey. Montagny is the southernmost appellation. The vineyards are planted on a series of hills in the shape of a horseshoe.

Soil: limestone and clay.

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Tasting

by Véronique Boss-Drouhin

An attractive white wine, slightly pale in colour. Aromas of Golden apple, fresh almonds, fern and a touch of citrus, emanate without restraint. On the palate, the first impression may be lively and well defined, but a sensation of roundness soon follows. The aftertaste is long and flavourful; elegant and delicious aromas of « compote » (stewed fruit) can also be discerned.

Vintage

2022 offered a good maturity with particularly aromatic white wines. Citrus and ripe fruit mingle with delicate floral fragrances, very often accompanied by slightly spicy pastry notes. The palate, tender and fleshy, is based on a strong texture. Endowed with a pleasant roundness and a rich aftertaste, the wines of this vintage are well-balanced and show an excellent ageing potential.

Vintage review

Winemaking

Supply: this wine comes from grapes and musts purchased from supply partners according to rigorous specifications.

Harvest: grapes harvested by hands in open-work crates. If necessary, a careful sorting is proceeded.

Vinification: slow pressing in a pneumatic press. The juice of the last press is separated from the free run-juice. The juice is transferred into wine barrel after a little settling.  

Ageing: the alcoholic fermentation as the malolactic and the ageing are being processed in oak barrels. The proportion of new barrels is around 10% to 15%. 
The ageing lasts between 12 à 14 months.

Origin of the wood: oak grown in French high forest.

Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation. The data obtained is completed through technical analysis. As with every other Joseph Drouhin wine, absolute priority is given to the true expression of terroir and character of the vintage.