Pierre Gimonnet Chouilly Spécial Club 2016
€99.50*
100% Chardonnay
Dosage: 4g/l
4 years of bottle maturity
Terroir 100% CHOUILLY Grand Cru
Only from one plot « Montaigu », planted between 1951 and 1991
Harvest 10 au 21 septembre 2015
Vinification:
Temperature controlled alcoholic fermentation
Malolactic fermentation
Elevated 6 months on lees
Cold Stabilization (-4°) and filtration on clay
Bottling avril 2016
Disgorgement 3 months before shipping
Produktion 3923 bottles
Terry Theise: Part of a three-commune series of Club bottlings, in tiny quantities, and again, this arose not from dissatisfaction with the existing Clubs (which are perfect and need not be improved—cannot be) but from sheer curiosity. What’s everyone talking about with these micro-terroir wines? There’s also a Cramant wine for which the jury’s out. But this will be interesting! Disg. 3/17 it is 100% Montaigu (planted in 1951), picked 9/21 and not chaptalized. He plans to release it at year’s end, but I might suggest waiting longer, bearing in mind I tasted from a bottle disgorged in the previous couple days.
Content: 0.75 Liter (€132.67* / 1 Liter)