Bâtard-Montrachet

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Bâtard-Montrachet in autumn 2009. The Montrachet vineyard begins on the other side of the road.
Sign for the Bâtard-Montrachet vineyard.

Bâtard-Montrachet is a wine location classified as Grand Cru on the Côte d'Or in French Burgundy . It is located in the communes of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune . Bâtard-Montrachet has had its own appellation since July 31, 1937 and, with a size of 11.86 hectares, is one of the smaller appellation in France. Only white wine is produced . 6.02 hectares of this are in the municipal area of ​​Puligny; the remaining 5.84 hectares belong to the municipality of Chassagne. Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is located north and east of the Grand Cru location Bâtard-Montrachet. Further south there is Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet and in the west the most famous of all Grand Cru sites on the Côte de Beaune, the Montrachet .

In 1976, a 1973 Bâtard-Montrachet from Ramonet took part in the famous Paris wine jury .

Climate and geology

The Bâtard-Montrachet vineyard is located on a slope at an altitude of 230-265 m above sea level . The situation is usually spared late frosts. The climate is assigned to the Burgundian transitional climate , in which continental influences predominate over maritime ones. The Chardonnay thrives excellently in a southeast orientation.

For the northern city of Dijon (316 m), the following data applied between 1961 and 1990:

month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec year
Mean minimum temperatures ° C −1 0.1 2.2 5 8.7 12 14.1 13.7 10.9 7.2 2.5 −0.2 6.3
Average temperatures ° C 1.6 3.6 6.5 9.8 13.7 17.2 19.7 19.1 16.1 11.3 5.6 2.3 10.5
Mean maximum temperatures ° C 4.2 7th 10.8 14.7 18.7 22.4 25.3 24.5 21.3 15.5 8.6 4.8 14.8
Mean monthly rainfall (mm) 49.2 52.5 52.8 52.2 86.3 62.4 51 65.4 66.6 57.6 64.2 62 732.2
Source: Archives climatologiques mensuelles - for Dijon (1961–1990)

In 2007:

month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec year
Average temperatures ° C 5.3 6.4 6.9 14.7 15.6 18.5 18.7 18.2 14.4 10.7 5.3 1.6 11.3
Source: Average temperatures at the measuring point in Dijon in 2007

The following data were collected in 2008:

month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec year
Average temperatures ° C 3.8 4.7 6.3 9.1 15.8 17.8 19.9 18.6 13.8 10.3 6.4 2.1 10.7
Source: Average temperatures at the measuring point in Dijon in 2008

The bottom of the Bâtard-Montrachet consists of a thick layer of brown limestone - weathered debris . The vines must drive their roots into the base from the geological age of Bathonium .

Wine

As vine training in France is méthode Guyot espalier-type training called prescribed.

The white wines of the Grand Cru Lage are made from the Chardonnay grape variety. The natural alcohol content of the white wines must be at least 11.5% by volume. The chaptalization is - as everywhere in Burgundy - allowed. The minimum must weight is 178 g / l. The basic yield is 40 hectoliters per hectare. This may be exceeded by a maximum of 20%.

Production quantity

In 2008, a total of 11.24 hectares were declared under the name Bâtard-Montrachet. A total of 476 hectoliters of white wine were produced. This corresponds to approximately 63,000 bottles.

Manufacturer and owner

In contrast to the Bordeaux wine region , the vineyards are very small-scale due to the use of inheritance. The largest owner with 1.81 hectares was the Domaine Leflaive in 2008 . This was followed by the Domaine Ramonet (0.45 ha), Paul Pernot (0.60 ha), Bachelet-Ramonet (0.56 ha), Pierre Morey (0.40 ha), Roger Caillot-Morey (0.47 ha) , Philippe Brenot (0.37 ha), Jean-Noel Gagnard (0.37 ha), Hospices de Beaune (0.35 ha), Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard (0.34 ha), Barolet-Pernot (0, 23 ha), Vincent Girardin (0.19 ha), Jean-Marc Boillot (0.18 ha), Etienne Sauzet (0.14 ha), Marc Morey (0.14 ha), Jean Chartron (0.13 ha) , Michel Morey-Coffinet (0.13 ha), Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (0.13 ha, marketed as barrels), Michel Niellon (0.012 ha), Louis Lequin (0.12 ha), René Lequin-Colin ( 0.12 ha), Maison Joseph Drouhin (0.09 ha), Château de la Maltroye (0.09 ha), Bouchard Père et Fils (0.08 ha), Bernard Morey (0.075 ha), Jean-Marc Morey ( 0.075 ha) and Château de Puligny-Montrachet (0.04 ha).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jancis Robinson: The Oxford Wine Lexicon. Hallwag Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 , p. 464.
  2. ↑ AOC regulations, last revised in 1998
  3. ↑ BIVB: Les Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée de Bourgogne (PDF; 912 kB), last access on January 3, 2010

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