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
Abbaye de Morgeot (total surface area 3ha98a)
History
Around 1150, cistercian monks from the abbey of Maizières built the Morgeot abbey in the hamlet of Chassagne.
Soil
Limestone marl, red- tinted with ferrous oxides on a layer of bathonian limestone pebbles.
Our plot(s)
53a 16ca planted in 1970 and 2006.
The wine
Description
100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.
Taste
Wines from this sector have a variety of aromas ranging from fresh fruit, white flowers and honey; in the mouth, they are opulent and well balanced, rich and mineral making them suitable for laying down .
Serving temperature
12/14°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.
The vintage
- At last ! Following several vintages hit by serious hailstorms (2012,13,14) 2015 started with mild, dull but early march fair conditions. Several dry and sunny periods and rainfalls at the right time accompanied paced the development of vegetation ; hot summer, the grapes were ripe and sound by the 1st of september for a great harvest. The grapes were gold in colour, perfect ripeness ! the wines are pure and elegant, well balanced and pleasantly rich on the palate.