Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru "Les Gruenchers"

Presentation

Presentation
It’s the perfect representation of the style of Chambolle Musigny, with a lot of finesse and silkiness at the beginning, this wine always offer little bit more structure and tannins gave by the deep soil.
The vintage
1134 bottles and 36 magnums have been produced for the vintage 2015.
Location
0,25 ha planted in 1964.
Located in the northern part of Chambolle Musigny, it’s the neighbor of the Grand cru Road and just below the Chambolle Musigny 1er cru “Les Fuées” and Bonnes Mares. It’s a very small appellation with only 2.8 ha of superficy.
Terroir
It’s a fine terroir with a good quality of clay very supple with a deep soil and a lot of stones coming from the Combe of Chambolle which went down because of the erosion.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand and partially destemmed.
3 weeks of fermentation with a very moderate intervention.
The aging is 50% in new barrels.
Varietal
Pinot Noir : 100%