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White Auxey Duresses "Les Crais"

 

Grape variety: Chardonnay.
Production: about 2500 bottles a year.
Soil: clay and limestone.
Age of the vineyards: about 40 years old.

Specific culture methods of the vineyards:
Supervised treatment.
Soil treatment.
Green harvest.
Hand-harvesting.

 

Auxey-Duresses les crais

Vinification :
Pneumatic pressing, temperature controlled.
Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrels.
Maturing in barrels (30% of which are new).
Bottling after 12 months of maturing.

Tasting :
Pale and crystalline yellow colour, with a beautiful gloss.
Nose with an aromatic overtone of white flowers and citrus fruit on an oaky grilled basis.
The taste offers a balance between fat and chilliness which makes it a racy, delicate and elegant wine.

Preservation and tasting advice :
The softness of this wine can not only be enjoyed when it is young, but also after it has spent a few years in a cellar (3 to 7 years).

Gastronomy :
This wine will perfectly match with oven-prepared fish, quenelles, delicatessen or creamy fowl when aged..