Grand Cru
Chapelle Chambertin
This Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru is surprisingly elegant and long on the palate. Perfectly balanced vines of around forty years old produce a wine of great class, with a delicate nose and fine tannins. The whole is very harmonious, with a long, mineral finish.
In detail
Target Yield :
35 hl/ha
Surface area :
0.5 ha
Average Production :
2300 bottles
Age of Vines :
35 years old
Grape Variety :
Pinot noir
Density :
11 000 plants per hectare
Soil Types :
Thin, clay-limestone soil on a bedrock of crinoidal limestone.
Viticulture :
Sustainable agriculture, Cordon pruning
Harvest :
Hand-picked, sorting in the vineyard
Vinification :
Grapes destemmed and fermented in temperature-controlled wooden vats. Native yeasts.
Maturation :
18 months in French oak barrels.
No new barrels.
Average age of barrels: 20 years