Justin Girardin Meursault Blanc 2023

Jasper Morris 87-89/100

Surface : 0.36 hectares
Average production : 48hl/ha
Age of vines : 40 years
Grape variety: Chardonnay

Ageing:
French oak barrels
Origin of wood: Allier and Bertranges
25 % of new oak.
Wine remained 24 months in barrels.

Viticulture:
Pruning style: Guyot simple
Manual harvest
Green work (de-budding, leaf-thinning,…)

Winemaking:
The grapes are pressed upon arrival at the winery. We practice a fermentation with a low temperature to keep all the flavours.
We start the alcoholic fermentation in vats to have a regular fermentation , then when alcoholic fermentation is running we put the wine into barrels . We use only natural yeasts to keep the charm and character of each wine.

Maturing:
In French oak barrels. The malolactic fermentation is performed in barrels with ageing on fine lees.
We made a fining to have clearer wine, then we filtered it lightly to remove impurities (a light deposition in a bottle does not alter any taste in the wine ) Bottling in favourable lunar day.

Characteristics:
Pale yellow colour, offers a nose plenty of fruit flavours : peach, melon, apricot and exotic fruits. The palate is also very intense with a long finish on minerality.
Serve between 12°C and 14°C ; keep 5 to 7 years.

Wine pairings:
Prawn cocktail avocado, grilled sea bass stew of veal in a cream sauce, Beaufort cheese