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
Champs Goudins and Le Pré de la Folie
History
In old French vernacular, goudin or gaudin meant woods and these woods may have consisted in leafy species of trees such as referred to in Le Pré de la Folie because the word "fou" for a long time was the name for the beech-tree.
Soil
The land at the foot of the slope consists in a deep layer of clay and alluvium on a limestone sub-stratum.
Our plot(s)
18a47ca and 5a82ca planted in 1962 and 1973 respectively.
The wine
Description
100% Pinot Noir from handpicked grapes and raised in oak casks.
Taste
On the nose there is a delicate, fruity aroma of small red berries and morello cherries; it is elegant and refined in the mouth with a smooth and prolonged finish.
Serving temperature
15/16°C. Recent vintages may be decanted 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!