The vine

• Plot /climat

  Les Tillets (total surface area 11ha 20a).

• History

  Old word for the lime tree, very common in this area and frequently used for medicinal purposes in the middle ages.

• Soil

  Brown limestone type with a layer of humus and gravel on a hard rocky base.

• Our plot(s)

  25a 83ca planted in 1962 at an altitude of between 320 and 340m.

The wine

• Description

  100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.

• Taste

  The old vineyard gives little contracted berries, richness that echoes to the wine Similar to Puligny-Montrachet owing to the location and altitude of the plot; wines have elegant, mineral tones with good persistency in the mouth, brisk and distinguished.

• 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!