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2014 Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Chassagne Montrachet

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

Vintages
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According to Michel Coutoux, who now runs his father-in-law Michel Neillon's domain, 2014 was "an easy growing season followed by easy alcoholic and malolactic fermentations." Yields were "correct" and similar to those of the previous year, and potential alcohol levels were generally between 12.2% and 12.7%, with most of the wines lightly chaptalized. But Coutoux seemed more interested in talking about the 2013s, which he loves for their tension. He finds the wines higher in acidity as well as more taut and minerally than the 2014s, describing the '13s as "a little like the 2010s: strict and linear but with enough material and good structure."

These wines are always fermented with wild yeasts and Coutoux does not do a débourgage. "We begin with a lot of lees but never heavy lees," said Coutoux, "and we don't do any stirring." He added that the wines still have about six liters of lees per barrel at the time of the July racking.