Nuits St Georges 1er Cru 2017 Clos de Thorey - Monopole - Domaine de la Vougeraie

Nuits St Georges 1er Cru 2017 Clos de Thorey - Monopole - Domaine de la Vougeraie

PARCEL

• Location: Nuits-St-Georges sits on the marble of Comblanchien, leaning against the coast at the outlet of the Combe de la Serrée in the sedimentation cone of the Hautes-Côtes.
• Grape Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
• Soil and subsoil: soil very rich in active limestone. Limestone blocks smoothed by erosion, can be found; marls with Ostrea acuminata, oyster fossils reminiscent of the Polynesian sea that extended here 200 million years ago.
• Area: 3.0771 ha
• Exposure: South
• Plantation density: 13,600 vines/ha
• Organic farming since 2012. ECOCERT® certification received in 2015
• Bio-dynamic agriculture since the 2012 campaign
• Pruning: Guyot

HARVEST

• Harvest date: September 11, 2017 (root days)
• Yield: 31 hl/ha

VINIFICATION

• 50% whole bunches, not crushed and transfered into vats using gravity.
• No yeast or enzymes.
• Cold pre-fermentation maceration (12-15°C) for 5 days.
• Total maceration: 23 days
• One punching down per day until mid-fermentation, then one light pumping over per day until the end of vatting.
• Pressing with the vertical press.

MATURING

• Length: 13 months in barrels and 3 months in stainless steel vats.
• Type: in barrels.
• Percentage of new barrels: 45%
• Gentle and slow toasting.
• Origin of the woods: forest of Cîteaux and Tronçais.
• Racking of all the barrels.
• No fining. Light filtration.

BOTTLING

• December 5 and 6, 2018 (Flower and Leaf Day).
• Limited to 7386 bottles, 2000 Magnums, and 120 Jeroboams