{"product_id":"chandon-de-briailles-corton-grand-cru-marechaudes-sans-souffre-2020","title":"Corton Grand Cru Maréchaudes (sans souffre)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo parcels on the hillside of Corton, one of 0.2742 hectares planted in 1975 and the other of 0.123 hectares planted in 1980, make up this very elegant ‘Les Maréchaudes’ vintage. It is one of the most supple and charming of the Corton reds.\u003cbr\u003eThe soil is worked by four Comtois horses. No pumps or sulfites are used in the vinification process, which is carried out in truncated wooden vats from whole grapes, except in years of frost or hail. The wine is matured in 12th-century Cistercian cellars for 15 to 18 months, 85% in old barrels and the rest in new barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChandon de Briailles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis historic estate was established in 1834. Claude de Nicolay took over from her mother as winemaker in 1988 and crafts traditionally styled wines from one of the Côte d'Or's great terroirs, the hill of Corton and its surrounding villages. Corton is just north of Beaune and it's easy to spot, as it's a big hill with a forest on top. It's a limestone outcropping that is set apart from the main \"côte\" of the Côte de Beaune or Côte de Nuits. It is a bit of an anomaly in the Côte d'Or as the Grand Crus are named after the hill, rather than attached to a specific village. Three villages have vineyards that are a part of Corton: Aloxe, Ladoix, and Pernand-Vergelesses. Corton is the only place with red Grand Cru in the Côte de Beaune. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlready in the early 1980's Nicolay's mother, Nadine, stopped using any herbicides or pesticides in the vineyards and the vineyards have been organic since 1998. Francois de Nicolay, after running a wine shop in Paris for several years, joined his sister at the domaine in 2001. Through his experience of tasting wines from all over France, he became interested in biodynamic farming and by 2005, the vineyard management was fully biodynamic. The brother and sister team are incredibly curious and always making trials to acheive the best soil health and expression from their terroir. They were the first in Burgundy to treat oidium with milk instead of a copper sulfur mix and it's now a permissible treatment for certified organic agriculture. They own 13.7 hectares and \"every vine is touched.\" Since 2014, they have been working with training the vines higher and longer, which gives the vines protection from the sun \/ shade for the grapes, and also allows for more photosynthesis, giving the plant more energy. They own three horses now and eventually would like to use horses entirely instead of tractors. They are also working with herbal infusions to boost the health of the vines and soil. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the cellar, no enological products are used (except for sulfur in very small quantities), no tartaric acid, no exogenous yeasts, no tannin powder, no enzymes, etc. The winery itself has also been certified biodynamic since 2012. When most people mention biodynamic, they are referring to the farming. It's a separate certification for the cellar. The Chandon de Briailles wines are quite unique in the fact that there is a negligible amount of new oak for aging and most wines are made with a whole-cluster fermentation. For many years, Chandon de Briailles used 100% whole clusters every year on every wine, but their style has gradually changed and since 2011 they adapt the amount of whole clusters according to the wine and vintage. If possible, they do still often work with 100% whole clusters. Fermentations start naturally a few days after harvest in cement tanks for all of the wines, except the grand cru, which are fermented in wooden fermenters. In 2015, the winery used a new stainless steel vertical press, which is incredibly gentle. It's considered the \"Rolls Royce\" of presses because it simply gives the most perfect and gentle press. Pleased with the results, they now only use the vertical press, changing the texture of the tannins. Aging is carried out in mostly used barrels (up to eight years-old). The maximum amount of new oak, even on the grand cru wines is 20%. All of the wines are bottled without fining or filtration. For more than ten years, they have been working with low sulfur and bottled no sulfur wines to see how they would age and travel. For the first time, for the 2017 vintage, they released a limited amount of wines bottled without any added sulfur. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Chandon de Briailles wines are truly gems within the Côte d'Or. They are not quite like any other Burgundy. When destemming, extraction, and new oak were the fashion, they were bottling all of their wines with 100% whole clusters and no new oak. Even today, with a max of 20% new oak, it's very low for grand cru Burgundy. Nothing quite stands still here and the only constant is the unending quest to learn more and experiment to achieve the best expression possible of Savigny-les-Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses, and Corton, irrespective of fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancois de Nicolay\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDomaine Chandon de Briailles has been in the family since 1834. Initially, there were only the Savigny-lès-Beaune and Pernand-Verglesses vineyards. Coming from two mono-varietals (Pinot Noir and Chardonnay) our wines strongly express the authenticity of their terroir. Our Grands Crus are cultivated in the traditional method with the use of our own plow horses that unpack and give oxygen to the soils. This allows the sub-soil micro-life beneath to help feed and give nutrients to our vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur philosophy is a holistic respect for life that translates to balanced, healthy grapes with the capacity to produce vibrant, pure, and seductive wines, so in 2005 we completely converted to biodynamic farming. We applied for certification with EcoCert and Demeter, which we received in 2011. The longer we continue farming in this way, we can see the difference in the vines. They grow differently; they seem more alive and healthy, and at harvest they are better balanced between acidity and aromas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe wanted to expand the effort beyond Chandon de Briailles, so came to be the Maison de Nicolay project. We purchase whole grapes and unfermented grape juice from neighboring vineyards that are certified biodynamic or in the process. After inspecting the grapes during veraison and harvest, we make a selection that can support elevage without added sulfur or yeasts- wines from pure grape must. The grapes ferment and mature in our Savigny Les Beaune cellar (a very old cave), without pumpover, filtration, or sulfur, and are bottled by hand via the “chevre a deux becs” method. In this way, we are able to preserve the wine’s freshness and allow the terroir to express itself clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chandon de Briailles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55209409151267,"sku":null,"price":282.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/4226\/8358\/files\/FCBAA200-7C8A-499D-9745-B636CB8E2534.jpg?v=1780974034","url":"https:\/\/terroirizer.wine\/products\/chandon-de-briailles-corton-grand-cru-marechaudes-sans-souffre-2020","provider":"Terroirizer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}