| Vineyard: | Corvée Creunille (Pinot Noir) |
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| Growing season: | 2004 |
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| Yield: | 24hl / ha |
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| Viticulture: | Guyot pruning (6 + 2) |
| Hedging at 1.60m |
| Deleafing on South side mid-June |
| Deleafing on North side early August |
| Heavy green-harvest late July (~50% removed) |
| Hail storm on 3rd August (~20% crop loss) |
| Harvest 1st to 4th October 2004 |
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| Vinification: | 13.1% potential alcohol. No chaptalisation |
| Berry by berry sorting (with tweezers!) to remove all hail damage |
| No pre-fermentation maceration |
| 10 day long fermentation peaking at 28ºC |
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| Ageing: | 2 new French oak (Allier) barrels from Tonnellerie Gauthier |
| 150l in stainless steel |
| Malolactic fermentation in June 2005 without inoculation |
| Bottled December 1st 2005 without fining or filtration |
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| Alcohol: | 13.1% |
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| Acidity: | 5.1g/l |
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| pH: | 3.38 |
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| Volatile Acidity: | 0.41g/l |
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| CO2: | 450mg/l |
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| Total production: | 847 bottles |
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| Tasting note: | "The 2004 vintage produced just 847 bottles of pinot noir. It's a marvellous wine especially considering that David has chosen to declare it as a simple vin de table (to avoid the unintelligible appellation of 'Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire' which would otherwise have applied). Nobody could have lavished more care and attention on their wine, and the tiny yield comes well inside grand cru regulations. There's a beautiful scent of pinot on the nose, very pure, and an impressively succulent texture. Thoroughly enjoyable and recognisably Burgundian." Jasper Morris MW |
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