Domaine Boris Champy - Hautes-Côtes de Beaune - Presse Verticale 382 2022
Domaine Boris Champy is located in Nantoux , in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy . Boris Champy is originally from Champagne and graduated in oenology. He worked for 10 years in the 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 environmental protection association, is a triathlete, has swum across the bay of San Francisco and completed the pilgrimage from Dijon to Santiago de Compostela. The Domaine was founded by Didier Montchovet in 1984. With complete management of the vineyard, cellar and stocks, Domaine Didier Montchovet was renamed Domaine Boris Champy. Boris Champy believes enthusiastically in the future of 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 .
Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Presse Verticale 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 areas of great biodiversity: scree slopes, hedges, orchards, limestone meadows with numerous orchids and even a few corm trees. The name of this cuvée refers to the winemaking technique which is differentiated by the use of the vertical press: a type of press used from the Middle Ages until the 1960s, when it was replaced by the horizontal press. Vertical pressing is a slow and gentle pressing which allows you to obtain clear, very concentrated juices and avoid settling. The Chardonnay grapes are harvested by hand at perfect maturity. Vinification is carried out in 228 liter oak barrels . Aging lasts 12 months on lees in barrels, 50% of which are new, then a few months in stainless steel vats .
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
