Parcel: Les Crotots

Average age of the vines: 50 years

Exposition and soil: Heavy limestone.

Vinification: The grapes are brought to the winery where the whole cluster fruit is pressed and then fermented in French oak, 50% being new French oak. All of our wines undergo a traditional non-inoculated natural fermentation, which often extends the fermentation through the winter and then undergoes a full malolactic fermentation in the spring. Thus remaining “sur-lie” and not racked until bottling after 14 months.

Tasting notes: This is a big chardonnay that offers minerality, complexity of fruit notes, viscosity, and weight. It is a big white wine that balances acidity, oak, and concentration. Can hold up to meat dishes or stronger, alpine cheeses. This wine is meant for aging, and can age 5-10 years.