Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet

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Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet in autumn 2009
A sign on the boundary wall of the Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet vineyard

Criots-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 Chassagne-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune . Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet has its own appellation and, with a size of 1.57 hectares, is one of the smallest appellation in France. Only white wine is produced . Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet is located south of the Grand Cru location Bâtard-Montrachet , to the west and south is the Premier Cru location Blanchot Dessus and to the east the Chassagne-Montrachet Village location En Journoblot .

Climate and geology

The Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet vineyard is located on a slope 240 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 south and south-east 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 Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet consists in the lower area of ​​a thin 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 1.57 hectares were declared under the name Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. A total of 73 hectoliters of white wine were produced. This corresponds to less than 10,000 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 0.61 ha in 2008 was Roger Bolland. Richard Fontaine-Gagnard (0.33 ha), Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard (0.21 ha), Charles Bonnefoy (0.20 ha, marketed in barrels), D'Auvenay (0.06 ha) and Hubert followed Lamy et Fils (0.05 ha) and Blondeau-Danne (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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