Wine Meursault-Charmes 1-er Cru AOC Les Charmes Dessus, 2006
Reviews of purchase Meursault-Charmes 1-er Cru AOC Les Charmes Dessus, 2006
Tasting Notes
Yellow-gold color with shine.
Taste rich, perfectly balanced, buttery with hints of fresh pastries, citrus and fruity aftertaste.
The aroma is intense, complex with honey note.
Great wine with fish in cream sauce or poultry in cream and soft cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Domain Antonin Guyon - farming, which is one of the largest owners (in Burgundy "standards"), the most prestigious vineyards of Cote d'Or. The company was founded in the 60s of the twentieth century, when the family Guyon acquired Domaine Hippolyte Thevenot. In subsequent years, the boundaries of their possessions expanded through the purchase of other plots and Antonin Guyon today sons, brothers Dominique and Michel manage the family estate with a total area of 48 hectares of vineyards, which stretched from the commune of Gevrey-Shambertan to Meursault, with beautiful old cellars in the commune of Savigny le Bon, which produces 18 different wines of controlled items exclusively from its own grapes.
For the production of this wine Meursault Charm crop is harvested by hand. Alcoholic fermentation for about two weeks in oak barrels at a controlled temperature of 18-20 ° C with a regular (twice a week) batonnazhem. Wine-Meursault Premier Cru les Sharm Sharm Dessus aged for 15 months in French oak barrels (30% new). The result is a beautiful complex wine storage capacity which is 7 years.