BEAUNE PREMIER CRU `PERTUISOTS`

BEAUNE PREMIER CRU
"PERTUISOTS" 2018

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Grape variety

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Colour: Brilliant pale yellow in colour.

Bouquet: A very complex nose with floral and honey notes and a subtle hint of oak.

Palate: A lovely balance between richness and minerality in the mouth, followed by an incredible length.

Wine and food pairing

Drink on its own, as an aperitif, or with elaborate cold starters, a creamed poultry, a veal blanquette or a nice river fish.

Serving temperature

Drink ideally at a temperature of 12 to 14 °C. (53-57°F.)

Ageing potential

Can be kept in the cellars for 6 to 8 years, in good storage conditions.

Origin

Beaune is the winegrowing capital of the region and has played an important role in Burgundian history. Profits from the annual “Hospices de Beaune” wine auction continue to provide support to hospice residents.

The vineyards of Beaune are unique in that out of approximately 400 ha of vines under production, over 300 ha are classified as Premier Cru.

“Les Pertuisots” is located in the southern part of the appellation just near the famous “Clos des Mouches”. In Old French, pertuisot was a Burgundian diminutive form of pertuis meaning “a hole, an opening, a hollow”.

Vinification and maturing

Once sorted, the whole bunches of grapes were gently pressed for 2½ hours. The must was brought down to 12°C (53°F.) and then immediately transferred to barrels with no settling to preserve a maximum of lees. Long fermentation using indigenous yeasts for added complexity and freshness. Aged for 14 months with no racking or stirring to bring out all of this wine's minerality. A proportion of 25% new French oak barrels, toasted at low temperatures for a long time to impart a subtle, delicate touch of oak were used.

Vintage : 2018

It is quite hardly to sum up the vintage 2018 in a few words! Winter, grey and humid was followed by a capricious spring, subject to frosts and alternating times of sunshine and storms on an almost daily basis from May to the mid-June, making this period particularly stressful for our people in the vineyards. Then came an incredible time of nice weather, hot, very hot and even heatwave periods until the end of… October!

Another particular vintage which looks like no other! As rainfalls episodes were particularly localized, we had to deal with very different degree of ripeness from a plot to another, depending of the water volume received by each vineyard. In 2018, as in other French wine region, quality and quantity were very satisfactory on our whole vineyard and were are very pleased with the quality of the vinified juices currently ageing in 228 L. Burgundian barrels in our cellars.

Harvest took place between the end of August (27th) and the 18th of September under a hot and persistent autumn sun. Even if the weather was very nice, the harvest period was very long and demanding in the vineyards as well as in the winery, due to the particularly different stages of ripeness. This is, without doubt, what one will retain from this harvest: so different ripeness degrees and so very different harvesting time from a village to another and even from a parcel to another in the same vineyard!

BEAUNE PREMIER CRU "PERTUISOTS" 2018