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

• The mild Winter meant that vegetation growth started early; we began debudding mid-April and with fine sunny weather the vine developed and flourished gradually in good conditions. The Summer was very dry which accelerated the maturing process with a lower yield but a high aromatic concentration for the Pinot Noir grape; for the Chardonnay however, the conditions were satisfactory for both growth and maturity. The grape harvest commenced on 20 August. The white wines follow the true burgundy tradition with good intensity and citrus notes, fresh and mineral in the mouth