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.
The vine
Plot /climat
Clos des Mouches (total surface area 25ha 18a).
History
In medieval French, « les mouches » meant bees. The south east facing slope takes a lot of sun that attracts flowers and bees.
Soil
Clay and limestone, stony and well drained.
Our plot(s)
34a planted in 1986 at the altitude of 250/270m.
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Age of vines
- Planting date Surface
- 1986 34a
The wine
Description
100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.
Taste
The aroma is very delicate combining citrus and other fresh fruit; it is both mineral and richly rounded on the palate with a long aftertaste. The fineness of the fragrance is unveiled when aging with some elegant tertiary aromas combining with the fruit.
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.