2023 Domaine Bärtschi Chardonnay 'Le Clos' Cru Manicle, Bugey, France

2023 Domaine Bärtschi Chardonnay 'Le Clos' Cru Manicle, Bugey, France

$64.00

Appellation: Bugey AOP cru Manicle

Grapes: 100% Chardonnay

Average Vine Age: 50 to 60-years-old

Altitude: 1,315 feet (400m)

Soils/Terroir: Cru Manicle is a 12ha south facing walled Clos of gravely limestone and clay-limestone soils. The vineyard is relatively flat with a slight dip in the middle. Due to erosion the soils at the middle of the vineyard are deeper and contain a higher proportion of clay. The rest of vineyard is pure gravely limestone. The vines for this cuvée are located near the edges of the Clos on pure limestone.

Farming: Organic

Harvest: Hand harvested

Yield: 38 hl/ha

Winemaking: Direct pressing of the whole bunches into stainless steel tanks with 1g/hl of sulfur added at the press. Fermentation begins spontaneously using only the naturally occurring indigenous yeasts. Once fermentation is under way the juice is transferred to 228L French oak barrels (10% new oak). A high proportion of solids are kept during the fermentation to give the wines a slightly reductive character. Light battonage is done if the reductive character is too prominent. The wine goes through full malolactic fermentation.

Maturation: Aged for 11 months in 228L French oak barrels (10% new oak). In August the barrels are racked and blended into stainless steel tanks, and a low dose of sulphur was added. Aged an additional 2 months in stainless steel tanks. Bottled without fining or filtration.

pH: 3.1, Sulfur: 45ppm total SO2, 20ppm free SO2 (on the day of bottling)

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There are only four growers in Bugey's cru Manicle, but Clément Bärtschi is bringing this sliver of land to the world stage. He’s taken his experience—first as an intern at DRC, and now as head winemaker at Michel Chapoutier—and brought a fiercely detailed approach to his home village.

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