Clos De Vougeot Grand

DOMAINE TORTOCHOT Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Domaine Tortochot dates back to the end of the 19th century when Paul Tortochot purchased some vineyard land in Gevrey-Chambertin and began to sell his tiny production on the Place des Marronniers. His son Felix expanded the family holdings when he married Louise Liebault of Morey and the couple joined their vineyards. The tradition continued with Gabriel Tortochot and currently resides with his daughter Chantal who took over for her retired father in 1996. Since that time Chantal has engaged in a rigorous project of updating the vineyards and centuries old winery. She began a conversion to organic viticulture in her Gevrey-Chambertin "Les Corvees" vineyard in 2003. The results were so good that in 2008 she decided to begin a full conversion to organics in all of her vineyards. Beginning with the Varietal/Blend: 100% Pinot Noir 2013 vintage all Domaine Tortochot wines will be Farming: Certified Organic as of the 2013 vintage certified organic by EcoCert. A new building has (EcoCert) been constructed behind the original winery that Soil: clay limestone scree provides the space and equipment to maintain a tight Ave. Year Vines Planted: 1955 control on cleanliness and vinification style. Chantal's Trellis System: Guyot wines are elegant and fleshy, bright and concentrated Harvest Technique: by hand all at once. They are exceptional expressions of their Fermentation: 100% de-stemmed, 4-5 day cold individual terroirs. soak at 14C, stainless steel fermentation Aging: 18 months in oak barrels, 100% new from Berthomieu, Rousseau and Francois Freres Alcohol: 13.0% Yeast: ambient Fined: no Filtered: no A first selection is made in the vineyard with only perfectly ripe bunches collected into small bins. A second triage is performed at the winery. All the grapes are de-stemmed. After the cold soak fermentation begins in stainless steel open top The domaine totals 11 hectares, 10 of which are in fermenters. Pump overs are performed each Gevrey-Chambertin ranging from three different evening and the cap is punched down twice daily. lieux dits, two 1er Crus including the famous Lavaux Temperature is kept below 32C. St Jacques and three Grand Cru Vineyards. Chantal owns 7 rows of the famed Clos de Vougoet Grand Country: France Cru. The average age of the vines across the totality Region: Burgundy of the domaine is over 50 years old. The plots are all Sub Region: Cote de Nuits planted to a very high density of 10,000 plants per Vineyard: Clos de Vougeot hectare and harvest is 100% handpicked into small Vineyard Size: 0.21 ha bins. [email protected] 212-233-1504 .

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