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The maturing
A wall around
A wall around The maturing
of the young and
our Chapel... The Clos of the young and
our Chapel... The Clos
lively 2022 batch
lives up to its name! lively 2022 batch
lives up to its name!
After 2021, which was sacrificed on the altar of
A beautiful Burgundy stone wall for the
frost, the cold weather spared 2022 and nature, as
beautiful vineyard of our new monopoly, the
if in a vital burst, produced this generous vintage.
Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Morgeot
After the harvest and vinification in September,
Clos de La Chapelle, which is even more
the maturing began. We have added, for once,
deserving of its Burgundian name, clos. Time
in the cellar of the grands crus together the other
had taken its toll and not much remained of
great reds: the prestigious Vosne-Romanée, Nuits
the historic compound. The project consists of
Damodes, Chambolle-Musigny and Vougeot Les
restoring the overall coherence of the enclosure
Cras. The first stage in the cellar is the malolactic
wall, within the special climats of Burgundy
fermentation or second fermentation. This
that contain a plot of land cut out by low walls
was rather quick since it ended for the reds in
that emphasise the undulations of the natural
November and for the whites in December.
terrain.
It is then and only now that we
The new building will be 720 metres long and
will keep three people busy for eight months! It
should be complete by the end of July. Masons
from the Burgundy company GC Bat will build
it by hand in dry stone. These stone artists are
really showing off their expertise!
It will be protected, as in the past, by an upright
stone roof, under the direction of the Architecte
des Bâtiments de France. Two gates near
Morgeot Abbey will complete the Clos de la
Chapelle with main entrances engraved with a Sylvie, Domaine Director and Antoine, Head of Winegrowing
cross commemorating the title of the site.
can start the tastings, after this intrinsic
This is an investment in history because
transformation of the wine. At the end
a well-kept wall can last for centuries!
of February/beginning of March, we will
have the first impression of the vintage.
This 2022, apart from the fact that it fulfils
all the positive qualifications, is also the first
vintage of our new monopoly, the Chassagne-
Montrachet Premier Cru Morgeot Clos de La
Chapelle, which we are very eager to discover!
A great terroir, in white and red that we already
cherish by wrapping it in a pretty stone wall...