Tasting note · 2024
Clos de la Chaise Dieu — Monopole
上帝座椅园 · 独占园
Côte de Beaune · Chardonnay · Régional · Monopole
Tasting
Bright, mineral
The Bourgogne Côte d’Or vineyard is 65 kilometres long and one to two kilometres wide, stretching from Dijon to the Maranges. Geographically, the Côte d’Or includes the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits. The vineyard lies on ancient alluvial deposits: scree and clayey colluvium, clayey alluvium, and gravel at the mouths of the valleys.
Vineyard
- Surface: 11.40 ha
- Exposure: south-east to south-west; altitude 350 metres
- Year of planting: 1990–1992
- Soil and subsoil: plot in the commune of Saint-Aubin on a steep slope, with very stony limestone soil
- Planting density: 9,000 vines/ha
- Soil cultivation: harrowing in autumn / light ploughing in summer to clear the vine row
Wine
- Vinification: alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrels
- Ageing: 12 months, 15% new barrels
Côte de Beaune 2024 (white)
2024 will remain etched in French memory as a rainy year — a very rainy one indeed — and Bourgogne was no exception. Winegrowers faced a host of climatic challenges (frost, hail, heavy rainfall) that quickly affected potential yields. Fortunately, dry, sunny weather in August allowed the grapes to ripen fully. For Côte de Beaune white wines, fully ripened grapes yielded wines of great aromatic intensity, with delightful notes of yellow fruit, grapefruit and citrus. The palate is balanced, fleshy and juicy, with alcohol levels slightly lower than in recent years. With finishes that combine minerality and richness, the 2024 wines are already showing remarkable charm, and they will continue to evolve favourably over the coming years.