CHABLIS PREMIER CRU
VAUCOUPIN 2022
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VARIETAL
100% Chardonnay.
TASTING NOTES
Colour: Pale gold in colour.
Nose: An intense, powerful bouquet showing peaches and bergamote aromas with grilled almonds notes.
Palate: In the mouth, the wine is ample and powerful, with notes of dried fruits, spices and citrus.
Food and wine pairing
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
Perfect with hot oysters, fish in sauce, but also white meats (veal, poultry). Sushi goes perfectly with its minerality. Goat cheeses, Blues and Comté.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve ideally at around 14°C / 57°F.
AGEING POTENTIAL
Already very pleasant, it will express its full potential up to 4 to 6 years after its vintage.
ORIGIN
The 27 hectares of Vaucoupin’s vines are located on the right bank of the Serein river in the commune of Chichée.
As for the history, the name Vaucoupin could refer to the structure of the vineyard itself. It could mean that the valley used to covered with woods that were cut at a time or shared between several different owners. It might also refer a former owner, named Coupin.
Our cuvée comes from grapes harvested on very old vines with roots burrowing deeply into the stony, clay and limestone soils.
VINIFICATION AND MATURING
The grapes were brought in as musts and underwent a slow pneumatic pressing followed by a very cold static settling before alcoholic fermentation, which lasted 10 days in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks (18 to 20°C).
After 3 days, 15% of the juice was racked into barrels. Aged for 18 months on its lees, with frequent pumping over. 100% malolactic fermentation. Light filtration before bottling.
Vintage : 2022
This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality.
We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year.
May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy.
The harvests started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them.
By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.
In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September.
The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield.
Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well.
After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.
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