The vine

• Plot /climat

  Les Tillets

• History

  The old form of linden, trees found on the slope, were widely used in medieval medicine.

• Soil

  Rendzina soil (slightly leached on a limestone slope). Humic horizon composed of gravelly scree and white marls, over hard limestone bedrock. The bedrock, made of Bathonian limestone, is sometimes close to the surface.

• Our plot(s)

  25a 83ca. The plot was planted in 1962. Southeast exposure. Located at the top of the slope, with an altitude ranging between 320 and 340 meters.

The wine

• Description

  100% Chardonnay from handpicked grapes; vinified and raised in oak casks.

• Taste

  Due to its altitude, the terroir of Les Tillets shares a gustatory resemblance with its neighbor Puligny-Montrachet. The wines feature elegant aromas based on minerality, with a taut, almost slender mouth, full of energy and distinction. Les Tillets climat refers to the linden tree, which the taster will be able to identify in the wine.

• Serving temperature

  12/14°C. It is recommended to decant recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.

The vintage

• The mild Winter meant that vegetation growth started early; we began debudding mid-April and with fine sunny weather the vine developed and flourished gradually in good conditions. The Summer was very dry which accelerated the maturing process with a lower yield but a high aromatic concentration for the Pinot Noir grape; for the Chardonnay however, the conditions were satisfactory for both growth and maturity. The grape harvest commenced on 20 August. The white wines follow the true burgundy tradition with good intensity and citrus notes, fresh and mineral in the mouth