Bordeaux
Chardonnay Le Bruleau - 2020 - Julien Boiteau
Maison Boiteau
Nose with notes of white fruits, lemon curd, buttered bread... Mineral uprightness with great finesse and concentration. The 2020 vintage is more unctuous and full of body, yet retains both the tension on the finish characteristic of limestone soils, and the vigneron's special touch.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Integrated winegrowing
- Appellation
- Vin de France
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2023 to 2026
- rock’n’roll
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100% Chardonnay from twenty-year-old vines, farmed organically (not certified), and planted on limestone soil placed on a base of cracked rock, a South-East facing slope sheltered from the prevailing winds. It involves buying grapes from a meticulous winegrower, with Julien monitoring the plot throughout the year. Manual harvest in small crates, direct pressing in whole bunches in a pneumatic press, light settling of 24 hours, fermentations and aging in barrels, 16 months of maturation in barrels of 228 liters.

Julien Boiteau
Julien Boiteau was born in 1977 in Saumur, with already a little wine background at birth, since his grandfather was a winegrower in Charente. He spent more than twenty years in Bourgueil, and naturally developed a passion for wine. Julien is a hard-working man, with great ambition and a know-how that no longer needs to be proven, since his determination led him to become the Head of...
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