BOURGOGNE BLANC
2023 Les Parties Domaine Berthelemot
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Bourgogne Blanc |
| Vineyard | Les Parties |
All the fruit for this comes from a single vineyard. Half in tank, half in barrel (10% new oak). A cool, elegant nose. A good core of ripe fruit and good acidity. Nicely done. L&S (Dec 2024)
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Will be labelled as Côte d’Or from 2024. This comes from below Puligny, but on the upper side of the main road. Just one third in barrel with 10% of the whole in new barrel. Pale in colour, the bouquet having a slightly character. Clean fresh white fruit behind, but a touch of heat showing. Drinking range: 2025 - 2026 Rating: *** 85 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Nov 2024)
Domaine Berthelemot
Domaine Berthelemot is the creation of Brigitte Berthelemot, who is, by all accounts, something of a tour de force. Brigitte has, in a very short space of time (starting in 2006), knocked together a domaine of 15 hectares, spread over 45 parcels.
The basis of this spread was Domaine Garaudet in Pommard, but then they also took over Domaine Allexant. Charles Allexant was a bouilleur de cru (distiller of marc) who went round the villages plying his trade and who knew the Côte well, and also the vignerons for whom he distilled. In 1957 he bought a first vineyard in Volnay, and others followed, so that he built up a patchwork from Gevrey to the Côte Chalonnaise.
The final piece of the jigsaw was the purchase of Domaine Marey in Pernand.
The whole domaine is worked organically and they are just finishing the conversion so that they will be certified from 2021.
The vinification is overseen by Brigitte's son Thomas, after he worked alongside cellarmaster Marc Cugney (who has now retired) for a number of years. The reds are picked into small cases in which they are transported to the winery - and vinified in stainless steel after a 4 day cold maceration. Extraction is gentle and mostly by remontage. The wines then go into barrel with a maximum of 20% new wood. The whites are pressed, and after a short débourbage, are put in tank, where they begin their fermentation. Once the fermentation is under way, they are moved to barrel, with a maximum of 25% new wood.
The domaine is certified organic since the 2021 vintage
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2021 POUILLY FUISSÉ 1er Cru Sur la Roche Domaine Barraud
Mâconnais Burgundy France 13.5% White
Chardonnay.
Slightly paler than the Crays, this is all in finesse. Slightly leaner too - a blade-like slipping wet stone and rock juice. It's immensely attractive without being as 'large' as the Crays.
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2022 BOURGOGNE BLANC Les Parties Domaine Berthelemot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13% White
Chardonnay.
Not available tot taste when we visited.
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