Côte de Beaune Les Monsnières
At a Glance
- Variety: Chardonnay
- Size: 1.49 ha (3.70 ac)
- Vine Age: 50% planted in 1992 and 50% planted in 2015-2016
- Terroir: Located at the summit of the Montagne de Beaune, west-facing, 350 m elevation, rocky clay-limestone soils.
- Viticulture: Organic (AB, 2023), guyot pruning.
- Vinification: Pressed with whole clusters, ambient yeast fermentation in temperature-controlled tanks, transferred to 228 and 400 L barrels by gravity after 1/3rd of the fermentation is complete, aged for 10-12 months on the lees with occasional bâtonnages, SO2 added after malolactic conversion and adjusted before bottling (~50 ppm total), filtered.