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PETIT CHABLIS 2022

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2022 2023

Varietal

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Colour: Pale golden dress, limpid, and bright.

Bouquet: Elegant aromas of white flowers (acacia), mixed with notes of citrus carried by a mineral and fruity base.

Palate: It is vivid and light, with a well-balanced acidity. The enthusiastic attack is followed by a pleasant roundness. Its full body pairs with its freshness and offers a persistent sensation on the palate.

Food and wine pairing

This wine pairs well with oysters, raw fish, and prawns, small river fish (fried), grilled sardines, and numerous other fish species. It also goes well with tripe sausages (andouillettes) and snails, goat's cheeses and pressed or hard cheeses. Its freshness is the perfect accompaniment to summer salads and aperitifs served with savory puff pastries (gougères).

Serving suggestions

Serve ideally between 12-14°C / 54-57°F.

Ageing potential

This wine can be enjoyed now or kept in the cellar for the next 2 years.

Origins

Village Appellation of the Chablis wine-growing district (dept. of Yonne) in the north of Burgundy. This appellation may be grown in any of the communes within the delimited area of the Chablis wine-growing district.

The vineyards of the Petit-Chablis appellation lie on either side of the River Serein. This AOC was instituted in 1944. It is one of the jewels in the crown of the Chablis district which, lying in the northernmost department of Burgundy, forms the « golden gate » to the region as a whole. A Chardonnay wine through and through, « Petit » Chablis has, in fact, nothing « little » about it.

These carefully selected terroirs occupy the higher portions of the winegrowing slopes or the edge of the plateau. The soils are brown and derived from hard limestones, with patches of sandy silts. Altitudes : mostly between 230 and 280 metres.

Vinification and maturing

Grapes were pressed immediately after the picking, the juice was settled, the fermentation started with the addition of selected yeasts in stainless steel tanks under controlled temperatures (18°C) to preserve as much fruit as possible. In order to get a suppler wine, we let the malolactic fermentation begin 10 days after the alcoholic fermentation; it ended in the end of November. The wine is then aged on partial lees for 4 to 5 months.

Vintage : 2022

Uncertain weather conditions, but mild in the end throughout the season!

In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September.

The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.

Balanced, honest white wines. A pleasant vintage in terms of quality with excellent yields for both whites and reds.

The vinification choices have been crucial as to whether to favour acidity or the alcoholic degree.