Chablis Chardonnay Λευκός Ξηρός 2022 750ml / Joseph Drouhin

Ένα ξηρό, φρουτώδες και ευκολόπιοτο κρασί. Το χρώµα του απαλό χρυσό µε πράσινες ανταύγιες. Μυρωδιά φρέσκων αρωµάτων µε εσπεριδοειδή καθώς και µικρά ευχάριστα ίχνη φτέρης και κόλιανδρου. Στη γεύση είναι ξηρό και φρουτώδες µε µινεραλ νότες. Ευχάριστη και µεγάλη επίγευση.

VARIETY : Chardonnay

ALCOHOL : 12,5%

Chablis AC

Chablis Chardonnay White Dry Wine Chardonnay 2022 750ml / Joseph Drouhin

Appellation Régionale

Grape Variety : Chardonnay.

Tasting note by Véronique Boss-Drouhin

"A dry and fruity wine, easy to drink. Its colour is pale gold with greenish hues. Very fresh aromas reminiscent of citrus (lemon or grapefruit); small pleasant touches of fern or coriander are found as well. On the palate, dry and fruity, with mineral notes. Pleasant and long aftertaste".

Vintage 2022

2022 offered a good maturity with particularly aromatic white wines. Citrus and ripe fruit mingle with delicate floral fragrances, very often accompanied by slightly spicy pastry notes. The palate, tender and fleshy, is based on a strong texture. Endowed with a pleasant roundness and a rich aftertaste, the wines of this vintage are well-balanced and show an excellent ageing potential.

Serving Temperature: 12/13°C (53-54°F).

Cellaring: Optimal consumption: 2 to 6 years

Ageing potential: 8 years

Vineyard

Site: this is the northernmost region of Burgundy, located in a dramatic circle of hills where vines have been planted for hundreds of years

History & tradition: in the sixties, when the Chablis vineyards were all but abandoned, Robert Drouhin recognized the potential of this region which had been ravaged by the phylloxera disease a century before. He was one of the first Burgundy propriétaires who set about revitalizing the area.

Soil: the Kimmeridgian limestone contains millions of tiny marine fossils embedded in a kind of whitish mortar which may have been once the bottom of the sea...hundreds of million years ago. This marine origin gives the wines of Chablis their unique flavour.

Viticulture

Plantation density: 6 250 stocks/ha.

Pruning: double Guyot "Vallée de la Marne" (for its resistance to frost).

Yield: we aim for a lower yield in order to extract all possible nuances from the terroir.

Winemaking

Supply: this wine comes from grapes harvested on some parcels of the Drouhin Family Properties as well as from grapes and musts purchased from supply partners.

Harvest: grapes harvested by hands or with the grape harvester.

Vinification: slow pressing of the whole bunch in a pneumatic press. The juice of the last press is separated from the free run-juice. The juice ferments in stainless-steel vats after settling.

Ageing: ageing in stainless-steel vat during 7 to 10 months.

Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation. The data obtained is completed through technical analysis. As with every other Joseph Drouhin wine, absolute priority is given to the true expression of terroir and character of the vintage.

Type: in vats.

Length: 7 to 8 months.

Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation. The data obtained is completed through technical analysis. As with every other Joseph Drouhin wine, absolute priority is given to the true expression of terroir and character of the vintage.