Varietal
100% Chardonnay.
Tasting notes
Golden in colour with green highlights.
Greedy and mineral nose reminiscent of apricot, ripe fruits and mild spices.
Round and bold on the palate, well-marked by the terroir, with flavours subtly smoked, of citrus fruit zest confit, almond.
Food and wine pairing
Perfect with salmon and beurre blanc but also with roasted capon or guinea fowl.
Serving suggestions
14°C
Ageing potential
From 5 to 10 years.
Origin
Like Chablis appellation, the main bedrock comes from the Jurassic epoch, or more precisely the Kimmeridgean age (150 million years ago).
The 34 hectares of the Mont de Milieu “umbrella” vineyard are located on the right bank of the River Serein in the communes of Fleys and Fyé. It enjoys a geographical situation comparable to those of the grand crus and its south/south-east aspect guarantee extremely good sunshine.
The term "Mont de Milieu" corresponds to an ancient separation between Burgundy and Champagne, still symbolized today by the presence of a stone marker erected at the top of this hill.
Vinification and maturing
- both grapes and must were brought in - long pneumatic pressing
- static settling
- alcoholic fermentation began in stainless steel tanks using selected yeasts
- after 3 days, 10% of the juice was transferred to fine-grained barrels of selected origin - alcoholic fermentation was complete in 10 days - selected yeasts were added to induce malolactic fermentation in mid-October
- malolactic fermentation was complete by mid-November
- the barrel-fermented wine was stirred weekly while the tank-fermented wine was stirred twice a month
- the barrels were racked in April
- the wine was bottled in May
Vintage : 2007
Once again, this year was marked by mixed weather conditions. Following an extremely mild winter, budburst began thirteen days earlier than in 2006. Snowfall at the end of March considerably slowed down vine development. Temperatures began to rise radically and stayed high from 8 April on, making it the warmest month of April since 1921. In early May, the growth cycle was a month in advance with the first flowers appearing on 15 May. During the night of 24-25 June, significant hailstorms hit the southern vineyards. Veraison began in mid-July and was followed by a dramatic drop in temperatures that made for cold, wet weather that lasted until the end of August. When harvest officially started on 1 September, most of the grapes were not ripe. However, the return of the sun and higher temperatures from the beginning of September on dried out the vines and allowed the grapes to ripen. Harvesting began on 11 September at J. Moreau & Fils with alcohol levels of between 10% and 11.5%, high acidity levels of between 7.5 and 9g/l, and low pH levels of 3 to 3.2. Our choice to harvest late, along with the talent and technique of our team, allowed us to produce wines highly expressive of their terroir with acidity levels characteristic of our northern region. All of the wines for this vintage underwent malolactic fermentation to add to the finesse and complexity of our great wines.