Bâtard-Montrachet

Bâtard -Montrachet is a classified as grand cru vineyard in the Côte -d'Or in the Burgundy region in France. It is located in the municipalities of Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne -Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune. Bâtard -Montrachet has its own appellation since 31 July 1937, counts with a size of 11.86 ha of the smaller appellation of France. Produced exclusively white wine. Of these, 6.02 ha in the municipality of Puligny; the remaining 5.84 ha belong to the community Chassagne. Venues Bien - Bâtard -Montrachet is located north or east of the Grand Cru Bâtard -Montrachet. Further south includes Criots - Bâtard -Montrachet and in the west the most famous of all the Grand Cru of the Côte de Beaune, Montrachet, at.

In 1976, a Bâtard -Montrachet of the vintage 1973, from the house of Ramonet on the famous Wine jury of Paris.

Climate and Geology

The vineyard Bâtard -Montrachet is located on a slope in 230-265 m above sea level. From late frosts, the situation remains mostly spared. The climate is attributed to the Burgundian transitional climate, outweigh the continental influences over maritime. The Chardonnay thrives excellently in a southeasterly direction.

For the northerly city of Dijon (316 m), 1961-1990 were the following data:

In 2007 was:

In 2008, the following data were collected:

The bottom of the Bâtard -Montrachet is in the lower part of a thick pad of brown limestone weathering debris. The vines have to drive their roots into the socket from the era of the Bathonian.

Wine

The white wines of the Grand Cru are made ​​from the grape variety Chardonnay. The natural alcoholic strength must be with the white wines at least 11.5 vol - % amount. The Chaptalisation is - as everywhere in Burgundy - allowed. The minimum must weight is 178 g / l The base yield is 40 hectoliters per hectare. This may be exceeded by a maximum of 20%.

Production volume

In 2008, a total of 11.24 hectares were declared under the name Bâtard -Montrachet. A total of 476 hectoliters of white wine were produced. This corresponds to about 63,000 bottles.

Producers and holders

In contrast to the wine region of Bordeaux, the vineyards are very fragmented by the use of inheritance. Largest owner with 1.81 ha Domaine Leflaive was in 2008. It was followed by the Domaine Ramonet (0.45 ha ), Paul Pernot (0.60 ha), Bachelet - Ramonet (0.56 ha ), Pierre Morey (0.40 ha), Roger Caillot - Morey (0.47 ha) Philippe Brenot (0.37 ha ), Jean -Noel Gagnard (0.37 ha), Hospices de Beaune (0.35 ha ), Jean -Marc Blain Gagnard (0.34 ha), Barolet - Pernot (0, 23 ha), Vincent Girardin (0.19 ha ), Jean -Marc Boillot (0.18 ha), Etienne Sauzet (0.14 ha ), Marc Morey (0.14 ha ), Jean Chartron (0.13 ha), Michel Morey- Coffinet (0.13 ha), Domaine de la Romanée- Conti ( 0.13 ha, marketed as Faßware ), Michel Niellon ( 0,012 ha), Louis Lequin (0.12 ha), René Lequin - Colin ( 0.12 ha), Maison Joseph Drouhin (0.09 ha), Château de la Maltroye (0.09 ha), Bouchard Père et Fils (0.08 ha), Bernard Morey ( 0,075 ha ), Jean -Marc Morey ( 0,075 ha) and Château de Puligny -Montrachet (0.04 ha).