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Wine Description
The Story
Les Chétillons is situated in the Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil sur Oger and enjoys an almost perfect aspect. Three parcels of vines, ranging from 40 to 70 years of age, yield the grapes used to make this legendary cuvée. These vines, impacted by the quality of the terroir and our mass selection practices, provide the definitive statement of the particular style of this village, a style which resides in mineral power, incredible purity, and a...
Wine Information
"The grapes composing this cuvée are exclusively issued from three old vines of the beautiful "Terroir" of Chétillons at Le Mesnil in Oger. The minerality of the chalky soil is fully showing in this Chardonnay Cuvee, always with a vintage, only produced during the best years.
Dosage : 4 to 5 g / L
Vintage 1999
A difficult start to the year led to early budbreak. There were some damaging hailstorms in early May, but the frost ultimately stayed away. The summer was overall warm and thanks to the hot and dry August, the grapes looked promising for the harvest. However, a damp September challenged producers and dilution was an issue for some. The 1999 harvest that started on September 15th produced a large yield (12,989 kg/ha) of sweet grapes that resul...
