Gevrey Chambertin

Wine information: Domaine Lucien Boillot is a magnificent property of 14 hectares comprising parcels in the Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune. Based in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin, the Boillot brothers Pierre and Louis, have established an excellent reputation for producing delicious, traditional style red Burgundy. The soils in Gevrey-Chambertin are calcareous clay, which Boillot has brought into balance by using only organic fertilisers for years, with biological insecticides and copper-sulphate fungicide. The vines are pruned in single guyot style. Yields are low, averaging 38 hectolitres per hectare. The harvest is 85% de-stemmed, depending upon the vintage. The is allowed to cold macerate before cuvaison, which lasts for 21 days, this is carried out in stainless steel. Fermentation is in 25% new wood, Allier oak, medium toast. The red wines are lightly fined and given a light Kisselguhr filtration at bottling. Medium/full-bodied, exceptionally complex with aromas of bacon, black cherries, liquorice, pencil lead, raspberry jam, a smokiness and dry toast. On the plate one can find a balanced acidity, integrated oak, modest tannins and cocoa powder, coffee, mushroom, peat moss, plum flavours jam, smoky.

 
     

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