Domaine Berthelemot is a family business based in Meursault and cultivating 15 hectares in the Côte de Beaune area (Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard, Beaune....). Our pledge is to produce wines revealing the true quality characteristics of the land and take care to protect the environment. Our wines are certified "organic" from vintage 2021.
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The vine
Plot /climat
La Garenne (total surface area 9ha 87a)
History
In the middle ages, « garenne » meant a wooded hunting area belonging to a local landowner or monastery.
Soil
Thin, stony top soil on a layer of limestone rock.
Our plot(s)
22a 15ca planted between 1935 and 1992.
The wine
Description
100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.
Taste
The location of this plot gives the wine its intensity and mineral notes together with aromas of white flowers and almonds; it is well structured, smooth and fresh and can benefit by laying down for a few years.
Serving temperature
12/14°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.
The vintage
- March was sunny and budburst happened too early. 5th of April frost made big damages in Puligny. Flowering occurred lately, with wind and rain, many flower aborted, confirming a low yield vintage. Fortunately, summer was hot and dry, enhancing maturation and sugar concentration by the end of summer. Harvest started 13th of September. White wines are generous and fruit driven, but high acidity gives a good concentration and length. Red wines benefited from the hot summer with a complex bouquet and round tanins.