Tasting
appellations whites wines
- Bourgogne blanc
- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse
- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Les Cras
- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Vieilles Vignes
- Pouilly-Fuissé
- Pouilly-Fuissé Clos des Quarts
- Pouilly-Fuissé Terroir de Fuissé
- Pouilly-Fuissé Terroir de Vergisson
- Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le Puits
- Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly
- Saint-Véran
- Saint-Véran Le Grand Bussière
- Viré-Clessé Terroir de Clessé
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- Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse Vieilles Vignes
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Tasting notes
Nose: pleasant aromatic freshness with notes of white peach and pear.
A rich and complex wine, very well-balanced on the palate.
Strongly mineral soil gives this wine a very long finish in the mouth.
Terroir
Quaternary clay-limestone soil (Bathonian, Bajocian)
Exposure: south to south-west
Altitude: 230-280 m
Slope 5% to 20%
Culture
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Planting density: 8,000 plants per hectare
Average yield: 50 hl/ha
Picking by hand, soil working, no chemical herbicides
Vinification
Direct pressing, gentle settling in stainless steel tanks, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in oak barrels (new to 4 years old).
12 months' elevage in barrel followed by 3 months in stainless steel vats.
Racking and gentle Kiesleguhr filtration prior to bottling.
No finings.
MERLIN : WINE-GROWERS AND WINE-MAKERS. DIRECT SALES. - 71960 la Roche Vineuse
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Téléphone: 03 85 36 62 09 - Fax: 03 85 36 66 45 - E-mail: contact@merlin-vins.fr - Internet: http://www.merlin-vins.com