Domaine Berthelemot is a family business based in Meursault and cultivating 15 hectares in the Côte de Beaune area (Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard, Beaune....). Our pledge is to produce wines revealing the true quality characteristics of the land and take care to protect the environment. Our wines are certified "organic" from vintage 2021.
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The vine
Plot /climat
Grèves
History
The "Grèves" climat is the largest in Beaune, covering 31 hectares. Due to its size, the soils within Les Grèves are not uniform. The name "Grèves" refers to "gravel." This gravel has often broken down into silt, and iron oxide is also found in the upper part of the vineyard. Philip Youngman Carter, artist and literary critic, described the wines from Grèves as "gentle velvet delight".
Soil
Silty soil at the foot of the slope, becoming more clay-limestone along the incline.
Our plot(s)
Surface area: 8 ares. Located between 230 and 260 meters. East-facing exposure with a slope ranging from 5% to 15%.
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Age of vines
- Planting date Surface
- 1958 13.26a
- 1975 13.81a
- 1976 50a
- 1978 4.67a
The wine
Description
100% Pinot Noir from handpicked grapes; raised in oak casks.
Taste
Robust and richly coloured with both finesse and elegance on the palate; the wine will age well with characteristic sauvage tones.
Serving temperature
15/16°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.
The vintage
- After a very cold winter the vegetation growth started quickly as from end of march. The 28th-29th frost had luckily not too much effect on our vines. They started to bloom beginning of june. Alternating cool and very hot spells in july and august made it difficult to decide the right tile for harvest. Finally we started on the 4th of September. Little sortation was necessary because of the quality of the grapes. After fermentation, the wines had a deep shiny shade and very fine red fruit aromas slightly jammy. In mouth the wine is dense , rich and elegant.