Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet

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Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is a wine location classified as Grand Cru on the Côte d'Or in French Burgundy . It is located in the municipality of Puligny-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune . Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet has its own appellation and with a size of 3.68 hectares is one of the smaller appellation in France. Only white wine is produced . Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet is located to the north and east of the Grand Cru location Bâtard-Montrachet , further north is the Premier Cru location Les Pucelles and to the east the Puligny-Montrachet Village locations Les Enseignères and Rue Rousseau .

Climate and geology

The Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet vineyard is located on a gentle slope at 245 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 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet consists in the lower area 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, chaptalization is allowed - as everywhere in Burgundy. 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%.

The wines are described as delicate and have a scent of citrus fruits as well as some hazelnut and honey.

Production quantity

In 2008, a total of 3.53 hectares were declared under the name Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet. A total of 146 hectoliters of white wine were produced. This hardly corresponds to 20,000 bottles.

Manufacturer and owner

In contrast to Bordeaux , the vineyards are heavily fragmented due to the application of inheritance. The largest owner with 1.16 hectares in 2008 was the Domaine Leflaive . It was followed by the Domaine Ramonet (0.56 ha), Vincent Girardin (0.47 ha), Paul Pernot (0.37 ha), Guillemard-Clerc (0.18 ha), Bachelet-Ramonet (0.13 ha), Etienne Sauzet (0.12 ha), Louis Carillon et Fils (0.11 ha), Jean-Claude Bachelet (0.09 ha) and Barolet-Pernot (0.05 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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