BEAUNE PREMIER CRU
"LES MARCONNETS" 2021
BEAUNE PREMIER CRU
"LES MARCONNETS" 2021
Grape variety
Tasting notes
Colour: Bright gold with green hues.
Nose: Deep and frank aromas of white fruits, in particular pear and peach notes.
Palate: A frank attack on citrus aromas, the mouth is ample, carried by pear flavours and a pleasant woody finish.
Wine and food pairing
The perfect match for poultry and veal in creamy sauces, fish tajines, sushi, and grilled sea-fish.
Serving temperature
Ageing potential
History
In the heart of the most prestigious winemaking region, Beaune, the capital of Burgundy wines, is one of the most renown appellations: it spreads across 450 hectares producing an average of 13 170 hl per year on 41 different “climats”, 322 hectares of which are classified as Premier Crus.
Dominating the city of Beaune, the “Marconnets” climat, referring to the stream that sometimes runs through this locality, classified as Premier Cru on 9,39 hectares, offers magnificent wines.
Vinification and maturing
The Chardonnay grapes were hand-picked and sorted manually as soon as they arrived at the winery.
They were then directly pressed in a pneumatic press which allows for perfect extraction of the juices without over pressing the grapes.
Vinification and ageing took place in wooden barrels for 12 months with a proportion of 20% new oak.
Vintage : 2021
Nature certainly set a challenge for the winegrower and the winemaker with this vintage.
It began with very warm temperatures at the end of February which led to an early bud break.
The historic frost in April then destroyed young shoots that had emerged too early, significantly affecting the future harvest. Changing weather continued to characterize the vintage through to the harvests.
There were spells of rain from May to mid-August, obliging winegrowers to be constantly on the alert. The only periods of relative calm were during flowering, which took place in good conditions for the formation of the future fruit, and the véraison (colour change), which benefited from the return of the sun from mid-August.
The vagaries of the weather contributed to the development of outbreaks of disease, which were contained thanks to the tireless efforts of our winegrowers. In spite of this, considerable sacrifices had to be made to ensure a high level of quality, and rigorous sorting of the fruit in the vineyard and on arrival at the winery was necessary.
This vintage also required a major technical effort. The vinifications had to be carried out with meticulous attention and precision with a particular care over the extraction of colouring matter, the balance of the structure and the aromatic expression of the red wines, and of the freshness, balance of acidity and aromatic potential of the white wines.
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