Justin Girardin Mersault Les Clous 2022

Age of vines 40 years

Grape variety Chardonnay

Ageing French oak barrels.

Origin of wood: Allier and Bertranges 25 % of new oak. Wine remained 24 months in barrels.

Viticulture Pruning style: Guyot simple. Manual harvest. Green work (de-budding, leaf-thinning,...)

WinemakingThe grapes are pressed upon arrival at the winery. We practice a fermentation with a low temperature to keep all the flavours. We start the alcoholic fermentation in vats to have a regular fermentation , then when alcoholic fermentation is running we put the wine into barrels . We use only natural yeasts to keep the charm and character of each wine.

Tasting notes Pale yellow colour, offers a nose plenty of fruit flavours : peach, melon, apricot and exotic fruits. The palate is also very intense with a long finish on minerality.

Wine pairings Prawn cocktail avocado, grilled sea bass stew of veal in a cream sauce - Beaufort cheese

Operating temperature between 12°C and 14°C

Aging potential 5 to 7 years