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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- Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly
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Tasting notes
Fine pale gold colour.
Powerful nose with notes of vanilla, but still with more in hand.
The mouth yield a fine mineral tension with pronounced aromatic purity.
Very long persistence in the mouth.
Best drunk at 5 to 10 years old.
Terroir
Quaternary clay-limestone soil (Middle Bathonian, pholadomic marls)
Exposure: southerly
Altitude: 280 m
Slope: 10%
Culture
Grape variety: Chardonnay
Planting density: 10,000 plants per hectare
Average yield: 40 hl/ha
Picking by hand
Soil working
Vinification
Direct pressing, gentle settling, alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in oak barrels (50% 1 year old, 50% 2 years old).
18 months' elevage in barrel.
Racking, then bottling.
No fining, no filtration.
MERLIN : WINE-GROWERS AND WINE-MAKERS. DIRECT SALES. - 71960 la Roche Vineuse
Téléphone: 03 85 36 62 09 - Fax: 03 85 36 66 45 - E-mail: contact@merlin-vins.fr - Internet: http://www.merlin-vins.com
Téléphone: 03 85 36 62 09 - Fax: 03 85 36 66 45 - E-mail: contact@merlin-vins.fr - Internet: http://www.merlin-vins.com