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The vines this winter:
The vines this winter:
a well-earned rest
a well-earned rest
nd careful maintenance
nd careful maintenance
After the winter and our harvests, we applied a dose of
preparation 500 to invigorate the soils and roots.
This is the perfect time to till the soils, which are still
warm and absorb the nutrients from the horn manure
– the founding preparation of biodynamic cultivation –
sprayed throughout the vineyards.
Then comes the winter, an important stage in the vine’s
life cycle as it allows it to rest, and good preparations
have a major impact on its future. For example,
this is a good time to maintain tools such as stakes,
which we replaced in Vougeot in particular
for some of the Prieuré vines.
In October, we also received our Cîteaux rough staves
2022 maturation, for our future barrels, which we will be ageing for three
2022 maturation,
years with regular turning so that they dry out properly
winter bottling
winter bottling and do not overly dominate our wines with their oak
notes.
The delicious and also sizeable 2022 vintage is gently
finishing its maturation process with the final stage of We also replaced missing vines and transplanted more
bottling, driving our cellar master mad than 6,000 young plants across all the vineyards,
with the necessary juggling act, as the 2023 is taking up a 1,468 in Côte de Beaune and 4,305 in Côte de Nuits split
lot of space and the bottling process is contributing to the between 1,340 Chardonnay and 2,265 Pinot Noir,
and in Clos du Prieuré in Vougeot, Bonnes Mares,
chaos, making for a winery at boiling point! and Chambolle-Musigny Les Argillères.
First reds bottled from 4 to 15t December: All of the vines were pruned on 25 February, and
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Charmes-Chambertin, Beaune Grèves and Clos du we are now getting ready to bend and attach the shoots.
Roi, Montée Rouge, Pommard Petits Noizons and
Lambots, Volnay, Clos du Prieuré, Chambolle-Musigny,
Chassagne-Montrachet, Corvées Pagets and Damodes,
Vosne-Romanée, Gevrey-Chambertin Bel Air,
La Justice and Les Evocelles.
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Second bottling from 12 to 23 February: end of fine
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reds, Clos Vougeot, Corton, Bonnes Mares, Musigny,
Clos de Thorey, Vougeot Les Cras, and Marconnets. And
the whites Clos de la Chapelle, Chevalier and Bienvenues,
Clos du Prieuré, Pierres Blanches and Marconnets.
The next round of bottling will be the last and is planned
for April, with the final whites including the renowned
Clos Blanc, which always plays the final note…
With more depth than 2021, a style that confirms its
intensity, power, and aromatic nature,
with beautiful minerality. Applying preparation 500 with a copper backpack sprayer