Joseph Drouhin, Cote de Beaune Blanc 2020

Description

Côte de Beaune-Villages as an appellation is used only for red wines. This interesting and unusual wine comes from the estate of Joseph Drouhin on the Côte de Beaune (the slope above Beaune) and some declassified wine from the young vines of the famous Clos des Mouches vineyard. The light soil gives great finesse to the wines. This wine comes from grapes harvested on some parcels of the Drouhin Family Properties as well as from grapes and musts purchased from supply partners according to rigorous specifications.The grapes are harvested by hand and placed in open-work crates. If necessary, a careful sorting process is carried out. Regarding the fermentation, there is slow pressing in a pneumatic press. The juice from the last press is separated from the free-run juice. The juice is then transferred to wine barrels after a brief settling. Both the alcoholic fermentation and the malolactic fermentation, as well as the aging, take place in oak barrels. The proportion of new barrels used is approximately 10% to 15%. The aging period lasts between 12 to 14 months.