product details
key information
- Region: Burgundy
- Sub-Region: Chablis
- Style: White
- Vintage: 2007
- Taste guide:
- Grape variety: Chardonnay
- Alcohol Content (%): 12.50%
- Organic/Vegan/Vegetarian:
Gerard Tremblay and his wife, Helene, oversee a domain that they inherited in a line of five generations, but which they have mostly built themselves. With 80 acres of vines under production, most of them in the best 'premier cru' and 'grand cru' appellations, their list of Chablis is among the most prestigious in the region. Gerard's son Vincent is the sixth generation wine grower in the family
If you love traditional steely Chablis then this is for you. Very mineral in style & not too aggressive, unoaked from 10-30 year old vines grown on Kimmeridgean marl. This terrain is formed from exoguira virgula (fossilised oyster shells) and the specific gout-à-terroir is said to derive from this. As well as the trademark oyster-shell aromas there is a further ripeness and secondary hints of mushroom, leaf and honey. The acidity bolts all the flavours into position and accentuates the richness andthe length of the wine.
The domain has a superb new winery, allowing them excellent conditions in which to bring out the quality of the fruit that these vineyards produce. The entire winery works by gravity, avoiding unnecessary manipulations of the fruit or pumping of juices. Grapes are brought directly from the fields and put into pneumatic presses. The juice is then left to settle for more 12 hours before being stocked in stainless steel tanks with individual temperature controls. Strict hygiene and careful temperature control are the keys to mastering quality fermentation in Chardonnay.
Oysters, sole, scallops & sea bass