Domaine Boris Champy - Hautes Côtes de Beaune - Mountain 382 2020
The Domaine Boris Champy is located in Nantoux , in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy . Boris Champy is from Champagne and has a degree in oenology. He worked for 10 years in Napa Valley in California before becoming technical director of Maison Louis Latour. He was also manager and oenologist at the famous Clos des Lambrays. All terrain, he was the initiator of an association for the protection of the environment, is a triathlete, crossed the bay of San Fransisco by swimming and completed the pilgrimage from Dijon to Santiago de Compostela. The Domaine was founded by Didier Montchovet in 1984. With the complete management of the vineyard, the cellar and the stocks, the Domaine Didier Montchovet is renamed Domaine Boris Champy. Boris Champy enthusiastically believes in the future of the Hautes-Cotes, thanks to their altitude in a context of global warming. He wishes to continue to raise the reputation of this little-known appellation. The objective is to show the subtle differences between climates and terroirs, with different types of soil, exposure to the sun, slope inclinations, etc. The estate was the first in Burgundy to receive Demeter biodynamic certification .
The Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Montagne 382 comes from a plot in Nantoux called " Montagne de Cras ". The 4-hectare plot is made up of 3 hectares of vines and 1 hectare of natural spaces of great biodiversity: scree slopes, hedges, orchards, limestone meadows with many orchids and even a few corms. The Chardonnay grapes are harvested by hand at perfect maturity. The vinification is carried out partly in 228-litre oak barrels and partly in small round stainless steel vats . The aging lasts 12 months in vats, on the lees .
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay