CdB Producers.2 COPY Flashcards

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Coche: Vine Training & Replanting

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70% Guyot, 30% Cordon de Royat - Cordon training produces smaller, more concentrated berries than Guyot
All vines are replanted via selection massale - no exceptions

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Coche: Winemaking

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Deeply traditional. Whole cluster for whites, destemming for reds, rough press means plenty of matter and nutrients to create spontaneous fermentations. Fermentation generally lasts 10-14 days, but may take up to 3-4 weeks. Full ML. Batonnage depending on vintage.

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Coche: Oak treatment

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High % of new french, especially for whites; 40% at fermentation. 18-22mos aging for whites, and 14-16mos for reds. Damy (Meursault) and François Frères (St Romain).

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Coche: Major wines

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Corton Charlemagne
Meursault Genevrières
Meursault Perrières
Meursault Caillerets
Meursault Rougeots (village)
Volnay 1er Cru (Caillerets and Clos de Chênes)

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Who pioneered domaine bottling, and when?

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Jacques d’Angerville, 1920’s

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d’Angerville: farming philosophy

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Biodynamic since 2009

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d’Angerville: winemaking

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Destemmed, 3-4 day cold soak followed by spontaneous fermentation.
20% new oak at maximum; d’Angerville generally buys 1-2 year old barrels to ensure that the barrel stock is principally made up of 1st and 2nd pass barrels.
Taransaud now; his father preferred François Frères.

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d’Angerville: Wines (in order of concentration)

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Volnay 1er Cru (Mitans, Pitures, Angles [until 2008])
Volnay Fremiets
Volnay Taillepieds
Volnay Champans
Volnay Caillerets
Volnay Clos des Ducs

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Why is Clos des Ducs generally harvested last?

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The harder, limestone-rich soil requires longer maturation.

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What is the oak regimen for Leflaive’s Montrachet?

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100% new (all other wines top at 30%). The parcel is .08ha, which yields 1-1.5 casks depending on vintage; when warranted by the yield, Leflaive will have a barrel custom-coopered to 310L.

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Leflaive: Farming Philosophy

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Biodynamic - experimentation started in 1990.

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Leflaive: Top Wines

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Montrachet
Chevalier
Bâtard
Bienvenues-Bâtard
Puligny Pucelles
Puligny Combettes
Puligny Folatières
Puligny Clavoillin

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What is notable about Leflaive’s Montrachet purchase?

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First Puligny producer to purchase acreage in Montrachet.

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Roulot: Farming philosophy

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Organic
Emphasis on low yields via pruning or vendange vert (only when necessary)

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Deuxieme Crus of Roulot

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All village level - hallmarks of the estate.

Les Tessons, Clos de Mon Plaisir
Les Luchets
Les Meix-Chavaux

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What is Clos des Bouchères?

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A 1er cru monopole of Roulot, within the larger Bouchères 1er Cru (the domaine owns 1.26 Bouchères total - Clos des Bouchères is 1.1ha). Purchased in 2011.

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Roulot: 1er Crus

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Perrières
Charmes
Bouchères
Clos des Bouchères

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Roulot: Winemaking

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Crushing before pressing, run into barrels without settling for maximum bourbage.
Light batonnage between alcoholic and malolactic fermentations - none after.
Max 30% new oak for the 1er crus.

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Roulot: Spirits

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La Poire de Roulot (eau de vie)
La Framboise de Roulot (eau de vie)
l’Abricot de Roulot (fruit liqueur)
Marc de Bourgogne
Fine de Bourgogne

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PYCM: Winemaking

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Reductive - whole cluster press, no batonnage, 16-20months on the lees.
30% new oak (50% for the Bâtard); 80% of barrels are larger, 350L casks to minimize the impact of the oak.

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PYCM: Negociant Wines

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Many, many, many. 
Grand crus:
Bâtard
Chevalier
Corton-Charlemagne
Criôts-Bâtard

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PYCM: Inaugural vintage

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2001 for negociant projects
2006 for domaine

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PYCM: Estate wines

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Chassagne Caillerets
Chassagne Chenevottes
Chassagne Ancengnières (village)
St Aubin En Remilly
St Aubin Chatenière

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Ramonet: Replanting

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Individual vines are replaced if they succumb to frost or disease until age 30; after that, the parcel is left until it needs complete replanting. 
Vines under 12 years of age are declassified - 1er cru to village, and village are sold to the negoce.

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Ramonet: Winemaking

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Older pinot noir 1st, then whites, then young pinot.
100% destemmed (reds), short cold soak, cool fermentations. 
NO BATONNAGE (whites)
Oak treatment rachets up with vineyard site - 10% for village, 25-30% for 1er cru (40% for Ruchottes - Chassagne Blanc), 50-75% for Grand Cru, 30-40% for reds.

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From whence does Ramonet’s Chevalier Montrachet issue?

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A “must swap” with Domaine Chartron - 2.5 pieces of Bâtard for 1.5 pieces of Chevalier.

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Ramonet: Top Wines

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Montrachet
Chevalier 
Bâtard
Bienvenues-Bâtard
Puligny Champs Canet
Chassagne Ruchottes
Chassagne Caillerets
Chassagne Vergers
Chassagne Morgeot (red and white)

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Bonneau de Martray: Acreage

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4.5ha En Charlemagne (Pernand), all Chardonnay
Le Charlemagne (Aloxe): 5.15ha Chardonnay, 1.35ha Pinot Noir (lower elevation slopes)

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Bonneau de Martray: Farming Philosophy

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Biodynamic since mid-2000’s

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de Montille: Whole Cluster?

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Depending on vintage, but Etienne is in favor if the fruit is good (100% in 2005, but 0% in 2004).

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What domaine has Etienne de Montille run since 2002; purchased outright in 2012?

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Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet

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What is Cuvée Christiane?

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A special bottling from de Montille’s Vosne Malconsorts; .48ha surrounded by La Tâche, named for Etienne’s mother.

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Michel Lafarge: Farming Philosophy

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Biodnyamic. All selection massale. 
One of the few domaines to escape overdosing the vines with potassium in the 1960’s - Michel doesn’t like to listen to salesmen.

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Michel Lafarge: Oak treatment

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Minimal. Max 15% on the 1er crus, only.

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What is Clos du Château des Ducs?

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A monopole of Michel Lafarge in Volnay, just east of the village - not related to Clos des Ducs.

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What is special about Lafarge’s Vendanges Selectionées?

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Village level, comes from a single very old vine parcel in the center of the appellation, surrounded by 1er crus. Exemplary.

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Comtes-Lafon: Whole Cluster or Whole Berry?

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100% destemmed, whole berries as much as possible for reds, whole berry for whites as well to procure must with as little solid matter as possible.

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What is Clos de la Barre?

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A village-level Meursault plot that is essentially a monopole of Comtes-Lafon; located directly behind the house.

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Comtes-Lafon: Top Wines

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Montrachet
Meursault Goutte d’Or
Meursault Charmes
Meursault Genevrières
Meursault Perrières
Clos de la Barre
Volnay Santenots du Milieu

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Leroy: Winemaking

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100% whole cluster
100% new french oak (14-18mos)

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Leroy: Pricing

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Massive.

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Where are the Marquis de Laguiche plots?

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Montrachet (2.06ha)
Morgeot (2.5ha - bottled simply as Morgeot)

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Bouchard: Top Wines

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Chevalier-Montrachet
Chevalier La Cabotte (monopole lieu-dit)
Beaune Clos St Landry 1er (white)
Beaune Grèves Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus (red)
Beaune Clos de la Mousse 1er (red)
Beaune du Château (blended from at least 5 1er crus - white and red)
Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot (purchased in 1775)

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Chandon de Briailles: winemaking

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Very little new oak - 6 new barrels a year (production is 4,100 cases, so .6% new!), plus 1yo barrels from Méo-Camuzet as necessary. 
100% whole cluster for whites; 100% whole cluster for red grands crus, all destemmed for lower tier reds.