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Wine Description
The Story
The Grand Cru vineyard of Bâtard-Montrachet lies between the picturesque villages of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, home to the world's greatest white wines. Only a small country lane separates this 11.86 hectare vineyard from the great Montrachet itself. Its gentle easterly-facing slope is made up of a deep, rich, gravelly soil which has a limestone base, world renowned for the production of high quality Chardonnay.
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Wine Information
2003 Burgundy Vintage Reports
You have to go back around two hundred years to find a vintage in Burgundy that was as early and as hot as 2003. Spring began in April with a serious frost that damaged numerous plots but from late May onwards the weather was uniformly dry and hot.
In early August, sugar levels rose dramatically over a short period of time and acid levels dropped, so preparations for harvest began in earnest.
The first grap...
