Vincent Girardin, Bâtard Montrachet Grand Cru 2018

The vines used to produce Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru are located in the municipality of Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet. Exposure South, Southwest, an axis towards the East and South. An orientation of the most solar. Type Soil : Comes from the lands of the Jurassique (175 million years), thicker and more clay limestone brown soils (up to 50% clay). The slopes are low and this vineyard is located between 240 meters and 250 meters above above sea level. Guyot pruning with different yearly works in the vineyard (pruning, trellising on wires/tying-in, thinning fruit-bunches).

The grapes are put in French oak barrels of 228 liters (15 % to 20% of new barrels) in which the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations in yeasts and native bacteria will take place. Breeding will be long on fine lees for 18 months. Without stirring. One month before bottling, the wine from different barrels is placed in a stainless steel tank for blending. Then follows a light bonding and light filtration before bottling. Bottling is done according to the lunar calendar.

Wine with power and very complex aromatic persistence which expresses itself in time with notes of butter and hot croissant, fern, dried fruits, spices and honey.