Chanson Père & Fils - Criots-Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru 2009
Burgundy
White
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Among the Grand Montrachet satellites, Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet has the smallest surface area. Just 1.57 hectares located mid-slope, in the commune of Chassagne, shared by a handful of winemakers who produce around 9,000 bottles of this Grand Cru. Elegance, power, generosity and complexity all come together in this bottle, which will require a little patience to reveal all the magic of its terroir!
Features
Estate
Chanson Père et Fils
Cuvée
Grand Cru
Vintage
2009
Designation
Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Chardonnay
Terroirs
Marly limestone, slightly clayey, north of the village of Chassagne Montrachet
Viticulture
Selection of plots, ploughing of soils for deep rooting and terroir typicity, short pruning, disbudding, reduced yields
Harvest
manual at optimum maturity
Winemaking
Pneumatic pressing, fermentation in oak barrels at a strictly controlled low temperature (18°C).
Breeding
in oak barrels for 12 months
Alcohol content
13,5%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Beautiful gold color
Nose
Intense fragrances of white flowers (accacia) with aromas of mango, honey and vanilla. Beautiful minerality
Mouth
Elegant, powerful, generous. Beautiful aromatic complexity. Beautiful substance with well-structured minerality. Very good persistence.
Serve
at 12-14°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2012
Drink before
2029
Food and wine pairing
A déguster sur des fruits de mer, du foie gras, des poissons en sauce ou du homard. Il accompagne particulièrement bien les fromages...<br/>
Song Father and Son
Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Domaine rated (guide 2022) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)
About the domain :
Founded in 1750 by Simon Verry and acquired by the Bollinger group in the late 1990s, Beaune's oldest wine house owns 45 hectares of vineyards in the benchmark crus of both côtes. Negociant reds are essentially made from purchased grapes, vinified by the house to preserve the unity of style with the estate. Brilliantly led technically by Jean-Pierre Confuron (since 2001), this estate has become a model of viticulture, with the introduction of ploughing, the abandonment of soil amendments, and the adoption of organic viticulture. The wines of Chanson preserve a very high proportion of stalks in both white and red vinification. The watchword is balanced tension. The whites are bottled with a maximum of lees to guarantee a reducing aspect throughout the 14 to 20 months of barrel ageing (20% new wood). The reds, whose pinot maturity is pushed to the optimum, preserve a vibrant tannic and acidic structure and are adorned with fleshy fruit and underlying notes of sweet spices and licorice. Wines that deserve a few years of patience in both colors.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine rated (guide 2022) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the domain :
Founded in 1750 and owned by Bollinger since 1999, this classic Beaune house has now fully found its feet and its style. It competes with the best thanks to its precise, pure white and red wines. Vincent Avenel has taken over the reins of the house from Gilles de Courcel, who is responsible for its revitalization. A state-of-the-art cuverie and Jean-Pierre Confuron's pertinent advice, both in the vineyard and in winemaking, until June 2020, explain the clear expression of the domaine's wide range until the 2019 vintage, a vintage in which we perceive fine ageing on certain cuvées, a tone below previous vintages. We'll wait to taste the 2020s in bottle to judge whether this great house is moving in the right direction with its new team.
Jancis Robinson
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