Domaine de la Vougeraie, Chevalier Montrachet Grand cru, White 2016
Rare wine
Tasting
Food and wine pairings
Sole meunière, Grilled prawns, Lobster, Grilled lobster, Dishes based on truffle, Truffle pasta, White truffle risotto, Shellfish terrine, Crab, Truffle, white truffle, poultry, poultry with truffles, poultry with cream, soft cheese, Epoisses, Pont l'Evêque, Maroilles.
Wine service
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Serving temperature: 12-14° C
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Consumption: 3 to 20 years
Technical characteristics
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Domain: Domaine de la Vougeraie
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Cuvée: Chevalier-Montrachet Grand cru
- Type: White, dry
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Country: France
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Region: Burgundy
- Sub-region: Côte de Beaune
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Appellation: AOC Chevalier Montrachet Grand cru
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Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
- Vintage: 2016
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The plots of the domain
Plot n°1 Area: 5 ares 60, Exposure: southeast, Year of planting: 1970
Plot n°2 Area: 9 ares 50, Exposure: southeast, Year of planting: 1985
- Soil and subsoil Limestone and marl. The slope is moderate. East exposure.
- Planting density: 10,000 vines/ha
- Total area: 0.1510 ha
- Pruning: Guyot
- Vineyard work: horse plowing. Mounding of vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb tea, horsetail and silica decoction, tansy, willow, yarrow. Biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 at the end of winter and in spring, and 501 before flowering. Evasivage in spring
- Ages of the vines: 52 years and 37 years
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Vinification
Harvest date : September 10, 2019 (Root day)
Sorting in the vineyard and at reception in the winery.
Yield: 38 hl/ha
Pressing in a pneumatic press with whole bunches for 2h30. Settling for 24h.
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Aging
Duration : 16 months in barrel and 2 months in stainless steel tank.
No new barrels
Origin of the wood: Central France, Cîteaux
Bâtonnage: once a month on the ascending moon until December.
Light filtration.
- Format: 75cl bottle
- Annual production: Limited to 708 bottles and 12 magnums.
About the appellation
Ten kilometers south of Beaune, one discovers this small place of the Côte, crucible of the very great whites of Burgundy with first a certain surprise compared to our steep terroirs of the Côte de Nuits: a “mountain” quite flat and arid of the former form “ Mont Rachet ” (“bald mountain”) which over time became Montrachet.
According to legend, the name of this Grand Cru white comes from the division of the land by the Lord of Montrachet between his two sons: one became a Knight by fighting the enemy during the Crusades and the other, illegitimate, who would have given the name to the Bâtard-Montrachet located just below Montrachet.