The Story
The grapes are collected from the best plot in the village of Cramant, Le Bateau.
The vineyard was planted in 1951.
The basic wine matures on the lees in oak barrels for 8 months, and is not clarified or filtered. Malolactic fermentation is also allowed. The wine was bottled for a second fermentation in May 2017.
After a long lees maturation, a 2 g/l dosage was added to it during recorking.
Description: The scent is multidimensio...
Vintage 2016
This year trialled the growers with many climatic hazards from excessive rainfalls to frosts, downy mildew, hail, draught and, finally, sunburn. A cool spring saw late-April frost, which cut volumes early on. Mildew was an issue throughout the region (especially in the Côte des Bar), equally diminishing volumes. July and August were then hot and very dry months and the resultant sunburn reduced the yields further. Ripening was uneven, and Char...
