Burgundy
Ile des Vergelesses "La Vie est Belle" - 2018 - François de Nicolay
Domaine Chandon de Briailles
A nose of great freshness, pronounced minerality accompanied by notes of stone fruits, candied orange... Palate : fine, elegant and luscious texture.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Pernand Vergelesses 1er Cru
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2022 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
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100% Pinot Blanc from biodynamic vineyards planted in 1992 on clay-limestone soils, with soil work entirely done with a horse! Manual harvest, yields of 28 hl/ha. Vinification: three weeks of maceration in whole bunches, then 30% of the berries are destemmed by hand, soft pressing in a vertical press. One year of aging in sandstone amphorae. Bottled at the Estate without fining or filtration, no added sulfites.

François de Nicolay
François de Nicolay, child of the ‘70 vintage and head of Domaine Chandon de Briailles, today embodies the renewal of this historic estate, straddling the line between modernity and respect for tradition. A family property since 1834, located four kilometres north of Beaune, the estate extends over 13.7 ha in the communes of Savigny-Lès-Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses and Aloxe-Corton. After...
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