Julien Altaber - SEXTANT - Saint Aubin 1er Cru 2018
Julien Altaber, born in Auvergne, grew up in the Mâconnais in the south of Burgundy. He naturally moved into viticulture at the age of 16 and continued his training in a large trading house in Beaune. In 2002, he harvested alongside Dominique Derain in Saint-Aubin, who finally pushed him in 2007 to buy his first Pinot Noir grapes. Without any equipment, he uses Dominique's infrastructure to make his first cuvée. In 2015, and after an equipment and acquisition phase, he owned half a hectare of vines. All the grapes come from vines cultivated without weedkillers or synthetic products. All the wines are vinified and aged without sulphites with very little intervention.
Saint Aubin Premier Cru is a blend of two localities; La Chateniaire and La Combe au Sud. La Chateniaire, planted on the rocky part of Montrachet, is located on a limestone slab on a south-west facing slope. La Combe is on clay-limestone soil. The two plots are grassed: this leads to strong competition with the vines, very low yields guaranteeing excellent health and good maturity every year.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
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