Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Petits Clos, 1er Cru, 2015

Thicker set than the Chenevottes with the complexity and liveliness to support the broad structure. Powerful flavours of butter, butterscotch, flint, earth, citrus and nectarine. This will need a year or two in bottle longer than the Chenevottes to settle down but should provide a great deal of pleasure when it does. The poor soils of this site are reflected in the leaner, more stony character of Les Petits Clos. Morgeot is a big vineyard that has the propensity to make very full and sometimes dull and heavy wines, however, Caroline’s parcel is from the higher part of the Morgeot, on a slope where the wines show more finesse and distinction. This parcel is called Les Petits Clos, which will now be used on the label from the 2011 vintage onwards. Bordering the Santenay road in the lieu-dit (named place) ‘Les Petits Clos’ consists of white clay soil with limestone outcrops and has a good south-east exposure. Ageing is in 30% new oak for 18 months.