Chablis Premier Cru Côte de Savant
Guillaume Michaut
Type
White Wine
Appellation
Chablis 1er Cru
Variety
100% Chardonnay
Michaut's 0.6 hectare parcel of Beauroy is located just outside his hometown of Beines, across from the reservoir his grandfather helped create in 1979. Beauroy stretches quite a ways from Beine towards Chablis, and Michaut's vines are in a lieu-dit within Beauroy called Côte de Savant (translates to wise-man's hill). Michaut produces two wines from this same parcel. Like all of Michaut's wines, this cuvée is vinified with native yeasts. Beauroy is fermented and aged in stainless steel tanks, while Côte de Savant is vinified and aged in 500 L oak demi-muids.
Viticulture
Vineyard name
Beauroy - Lieu-dit Côte de Savant
Soil type
Claylimestone soils and white marls
Vine age45 years old
Vineyard size0.62 hectares
Vinification
Natural settling at low-temperature for 36 hours. The juice is vinified in 500L oak barrels with native yeasts, then undergos malolactic fermentation
ElevageThe wine is then aged for 14 months in these demimuids
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined and light filtration