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
Les Levrons (total surface area 6ha 56a). It is downhill in Puligny-Montrachet next to Meursault
History
« Levrons » was a diminutive in the middle ages for hares of which there were probably many in the area.
Soil
Deep in brown limestone with some banks of marl.
Our plot(s)
60a 40ca planted in 1947. This is our oldest Chardonnay vineyard.
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Age of vines
- Planting date Surface
- 1947 62a
The wine
Description
100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.
Taste
The deep soil gives the wine its intensity and elegance particularly characteristic of the land around Puligny; aromas are floral with hints of almond and hazelnut and the wine is fresh and rich in the mouth.
Serving temperature
12/14°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.
The vintage
- 2023 - An year of plenitude. The 2023 spring weather was unsettled, with many storms that fortunately did not have damage on the vineyards. Thanks to a high rainfall in August, grapes were numerous and juicy. We feared that achieving perfect maturity would be a challenge because of the high volume of grapes, but the fruits finished ripening and the aromas concentrated extremely fast thanks to an unexpected heatwave that hit us at the beginning of September. It is also around that time that harvest started (on the 5th of September). Yeast did transform sugar into alcohol at a relatively slow pace, alcoholic fermentation finished in December. While tasting, we get a dominance of fruit driven aromas and a gourmet, elegant vintage. We note that 2023 is more refined than 2020 vintage for both reds and whites. What a blessed vintage!