At the foot of the Combe of Lavaux, a cool, deep coomb cut into the hillside as if with a sickle, Gevrey-Chambertin is an enthralling overture to the Symphony of the Grands Crus. The air contains hints of all the themes played by the Pinot Noir down to Santenay, some majestic, others more subtle.
Gevrey-Chambertin, a king among wines, can only bend its knee before an emperor. Napoleon accepted this homage and remained faithful to it. The Count of Las Cases, in his Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, noted that “For fifteen years the Emperor constantly drank the same wine, which he liked and which we believed was good for him”.
Technical sheet
The appellation
Several parcels from around the village are assembled in our Gevrey-Chambertin, in a smooth, fine yet complex combination….Craite-Paille, Grandes Rayes, Murots, Pince Vin, Bel Air, ou Les Champs Perriers mix pure silt with more clayey patches, only slightly calcareous if at all.
The vine
Grandes Rayes
Surface : 0.1779 ha
Plantings : 1988/1989
Es Murots
Surface: 0.4682 ha
Geographical situation: flat parcel.
Exposure: East
Plantings: 1954/1955 1969/1970
Pince Vin
Surface: 0 .1192 ha
Geographical situation: parcel in slope
Exposure: East
Plantings: 1971-1972
Bel Air
Surface : 0.1589 ha
Plantings : 2012
Les Champs Perriers
Surface:
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Surface: 2.3054 ha
Soil and subsoil: The mineral fraction is particularly varied, with a mixture of pure silt, clayey silt and deep clay. The bottom of the parcel is slightly calcareous, the top not at all.
Planting density: 10 000 vines/ha
Rootstock: 80% massal selection and 20% of SO4.
Organic agriculture.
Pruning: Guyot
Vineyard news: Earthing-up of the vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb, horsetail, yarrow, tansy, comfrey tea during each treatment. Suckers removed in spring.
The wine
Harvest date: August 26th and 27th 2020 (leaf days).
Selection: hand-sorted in the vineyard and on arrival in the winery.
Yield: 37.5 hl/Ha
Grapes not crushed and vatted by gravity.
No yeast addition.
Maceration: pre-fermentation, cold (12-
Length of maceration: 24 days.
Light pumping-over until the end of maceration.
Pressing with the vertical press.
Length: 16 months
Type: in barrels.
Percentage of new barrels: 25%
Toasting: gentle and slow.
Source of wood: Cîteaux
All barrels racked.
Light and soft filtration. No fining.
February 7th, 2022 for magnums (fruit day)
February 10th, 2022 for bottles (root day)
Limited to 4357 bottles and 132 magnums.
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21700 Premeaux Prissey
France
Phone:
+33(0)3 80 62 48 25
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