CREAMY & SOFT
Nicolas Potel proves once again that he has an in-depth understanding when it comes to the municipalities in Burgundy's distinctive expression. For this wine, he has obtained grapes from a field of just 0.85 ha, where the surroundings and the terroir ensure a classic and recognizable Meursault expression. The vines for the wine are on average 55 years old, the grapes stand on slopes with an east / south-east exposure and in the soil you will find clay and limestone. In the cellar, the fermentation takes place with natural yeast, to ensure the terroir imprint, and the wine is stored for almost 12 months in oak barrels. Here you get Meursault as it should express itself best - look forward to a creamy, silky texture that is accompanied by juicy and ripe fruit.
CREMET & SILKEBLØD
Nicolas Potel beviser igen at han har en dybdegående forståelse, når det kommer til kommunerne i Bourgognes kendetegnende udtryk. Til denne vin har han fået fat i druer fra en blot 0.85 ha stor mark, hvor omgivelserne og terroiret sikrer et klassisk og genkendeligt Meursault-udtryk. Stokkene til vinen er i gennemsnit 55 år gamle, druerne står på skråninger med en øst/syd-østlig eksponering og i jordbunden finder man ler og kalksten. I kælderen foregår gæringen med naturgær, for at sikre terroir-aftrykket, og vinen lagres i knap 12 måneder på egetræsfade.
Her får du Meursault som det bør udtrykke sig allerbedst - glæd dig til en cremet, silkeblød tekstur som ledsages af saftig og moden frugt.
FACTS
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Meursault
Winery: Roche de Bellene by Nicolas Potel
Year: 2018
Type: White
Grapes: Chardonnay
Alcohol: 13%
Aging: Oak barrels
Closure: Cork
Winemaking: Traditional
ABOUT THE WINERY
ROCHE DE BELLENE BY NICOLAS POTEL
The man behind Domaine de Bellene is the legendary Nicolas Potel. He is the son of Gérard Potel, who headed the excellent Pousse d’Or estate in Volnay. Nicolas was certainly more of a practical craftsman than he was a theorist. Even before his 18th birthday, he left school and began a career with winemakers in Australia and the United States before returning to Burgundy. Here he first worked for Domaine Roumier and Domaine Juillot, before ending up with his father again at the Pousse d’Or in 1992.
Manden bag Domaine de Bellene er legendariske Nicolas Potel. Han er søn af Gérard Potel, der stod i spidsen for den fremragende ejendom Pousse d’Or i Volnay. Nicolas var afgjort mere den praktiske håndværker, end han var teoretiker. Allerede før sin 18 års fødselsdag forlod han skolen og begyndte en karriere hos vinmagere i Australien og USA, før han vendte tilbage til Bourgogne. Her arbejdede han først for Domaine Roumier og Domaine Juillot, inden han igen endte hos sin far på Pousse d’Or i 1992.
Chardonnay
Wine drinkers find it flatteringly easy to enjoy, with its broad, exuberant charms, relatively high alcohol and low acidity, and lack of powerful scent. Vine growers find it easy to grow productively and profitably (it can yield well, ripen usefully early, although buds rather too early for frost-free comfort in cool climates). And winemakers revel in the range of different winemaking techniques to which Chardonnay readily submits: not just a wide range of dry white wines with more weight than most, but delicate sparkling wines and even a few extremely successful sweet white wines made with the benefit of 'noble rot'.
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