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JACQUES PRIEUR CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET 1ER CRU MORGEOT 2018 BLANC
Country: France, Bourgogne
Grape Varieties: Chardonnay
Grape Varieties: Chardonnay
Terroir: East-oriented, the terroir of the white Morgeots is made up of tender marling limestones. The shallow and thin soils are covered with limestone screes coming down from the top of the Côte de Beaune. They get richer in clay and red silts further down.
Vinification & Ageing: Whole bunches of grapes were handpicked into small crates and pressed in a pneumatic winepress. Alcoholic fermentation and ageing in oak barrels. 100% malolactic fermentation.
Duration of barrel ageing: 20 months.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Intense and bright green gold.
Nose: Very expressive with floral notes (linden, hawthorn), evolving into spicy, chalky and powdery notes after airing.
Palate: Tension, energy, sapidity, salinity. Warm and crispy mouth finish.
(Tasted in June 2020)
Vinification & Ageing: Whole bunches of grapes were handpicked into small crates and pressed in a pneumatic winepress. Alcoholic fermentation and ageing in oak barrels. 100% malolactic fermentation.
Duration of barrel ageing: 20 months.
Tasting Notes
Colour: Intense and bright green gold.
Nose: Very expressive with floral notes (linden, hawthorn), evolving into spicy, chalky and powdery notes after airing.
Palate: Tension, energy, sapidity, salinity. Warm and crispy mouth finish.
(Tasted in June 2020)
Case Bottles: 6
Product Id: 0209
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is the "Big Daddy" of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world. It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or.
Burgundy is Chardonnay`s spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvelous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
It is quantitatively important in California and Australia, is widely planted in Chile and South Africa, and is the second most widely planted grape in New Zealand. In warm climates Chardonnay has a tendency to develop very high sugar levels during the final stages of ripening and this can occur at the expense of acidity. Late picking is a common problem and can result in blowsy and flabby wines that lack structure and definition.
Recently in the New World, we have seen a move towards more elegant, better- balanced and less oak-driven Chardonnays, and this is to be welcomed.
Burgundy is Chardonnay`s spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvelous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
It is quantitatively important in California and Australia, is widely planted in Chile and South Africa, and is the second most widely planted grape in New Zealand. In warm climates Chardonnay has a tendency to develop very high sugar levels during the final stages of ripening and this can occur at the expense of acidity. Late picking is a common problem and can result in blowsy and flabby wines that lack structure and definition.
Recently in the New World, we have seen a move towards more elegant, better- balanced and less oak-driven Chardonnays, and this is to be welcomed.
