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
- 2022: a year of relief for winemakers. The first buds came out earlier in March due to the mild weather, and thankfully the spring frost from April 9 and 10 did not cause any damage to the buds. Spring was hot and dry, making 2022 wines what we would call a premature vintage. By the end of June, the lack of rain started to be a concern. This was shortly followed by heavy rain showers, which despite some localised hail, generated just about enough water for the rest of the summer. The heatwave put the vines under strain but the drought was less damaging than in 2020, which allowed us to harvest grapes in perfect condition. Sunshine also comes through the 2022 red vintage, with more delicate flavours than the 2020 Pinot noirs. The wines were made with little wilting on the grapes and an optimal phenolic maturation process. The phenolic composites and aromas are subtle and delicate, nurturing elegant red wines.