Rougeot Meursault Sous La Velle

Tasting Notes

This lieu-dit is across from the Chateau de Meursault directly beneath the village. The ratio of clay to limestone leans more to the former here. The fifty-five-year-old vines are picked later than the rest of the appellation. Although the plot is susceptible to oidium, diligent leaf pulling resulted in perfectly clean fruit. Whole clusters are direct pressed into concrete for two days of cold settling before being racked into demi-muids (seldom more than 10% new) for fermentation and élevage. After fifteen months of judicious bâtonnage, the wine is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without SO2.