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
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 attract flowers and bees.
Soil
Clay and limestone, stony and well drained.
Our plot(s)
58a35ca and 15a03ca planted in 1958, 1968 and 1986 at an altitude of 250/300m.
The wine
Description
100% Pinot Noir from handpicked grapes; raised in oak casks.
Taste
The grapes from the two different altitudes balance to give a round and elegant wine with an aroma of ripe red berries, full-bodied and velvety on the palate.
Serving temperature
15/16°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.
The vintage
- All's well that ends well... more or less. After an unusual winter- the hottest since 1900 for the period December/february- the early budding stage took place mid-april. « Black frost » on the night 26/27th of april damaged many young buds; our Beaune Longbois is particularly hurt. Wet spring conditions were followed by return of sunny contidions mid-june during flower . The maturing process was irregular because of extreme weather conditions. The grape harvest started on 23 September with Pinot noir. The sanitary condition of the grapes was good ; fresh red fruit aromas, well balanced in the mouth, delicate and brisk with good tannin potential.