Description

Stéphane Tissot produces a truly outstanding Château-Chalon, both rich and elegant, perfectly representative of this great terroir. The Lias soil imparts a minerality and incredible freshness that balance the wine’s complexity and power. The aromatic intensity is phenomenal: curry, spices, nuts, cinnamon, quince, mirabelle plum, citrus peel, peat, ginger… The volume and concentration of the initial palate carry through to a subtle, mineral and mouth-watering finish. A great wine characterised by purity and precision.

In the vineyard, in the cellar

• Terroir: Clay-rich Lias soil
• Exposure: West
• Soil: Clayy Lias soil
• Exposure: West
• Area under vine for this wine: 1.17 ha
• Age of vines: 30 years
• Planting density: 7,000 vines/ha
• Production: 4,100 62cl bottles
• Cultivation method: Biodynamic vineyard, certified by Ecocert and Biodyvin. The vines are cultivated without weedkillers, chemical fertilisers or synthetic products. We use sulphur, copper and herbal infusions to treat the vines. We produce and apply our own compost. These vines are fully ploughed.
• Harvest, vinification and ageing: Hand-harvested, pneumatic pressing, spontaneous fermentation in vats, aged in 228-litre barrels without topping up for 6 years, evaporation of one-third of the volume and protection of the wine by the yeast cap. Aged in a dry cellar, hence the increase in alcohol content. Light filtration before bottling. For all our oxidative wines, we use very little sulphur (1 to 2 g/hl) before fermentation. After oxidative ageing, sulphur is not necessary as it is ineffective (combination of SO₂ with aldehydes) and therefore no SO₂ is added at bottling.

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