2019 Domaine Berthelemot Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc

2019 Domaine Berthelemot Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc

2019 Domaine Berthelemot Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Blanc The aromas are delicate, combining citrus and other fresh fruit. It is both mineral and richly rounded on the palate with a long aftertaste. The fineness of the fragrance is unveiled with age which also reveal some elegant tertiary aromas combined with the fruit.

This is a grand wine for grand foods: grilled lobster or langoustines, foie gras, or L’Epoisses cheese.

Although each harvest differs in regards to the degree of maturity and the levels of sugar, acidity and tannins within the grapes, the goal is always to produce the best wine possible reflecting the nature of the land and the characteristics of the year.

From a 0.34 hectare parcel of Beaune 1er Cru Chardonnay vines planted in clay/limestone soils in 1986, lying at an altitude of between 250 and 270 metres above sea level. The Domaine use biodynamic practices and grapes were hand harvested before being vinified and aged in oak barrels. The name of this wine “Mouches” is the medieval French word for bees.

Domaine Berthelemot  Brigitte Berthelemot is a passionate wine lover who all her life dreamed of owning a winemaking estate. Fate and luck sometimes do conspire, and Berthelemot was able to fulfill her dream through the acquisition of some of Burgundy’s finest old-vine terroirs. The retirement of two great winemakers, Yves Darviot and Jean Garaudet, allowed the winemaking torch to be passed from one generation to another. Berthelemot purchased their vineyards, and following the construction of a state-of-the-art winery in Meursault, is continuing their great work.Marc Cugney, a winemaker with decades of experience in Beaune and New Zealand, is the estate winemaker.