Burgundy
Les Côtés Blanc - 2022 - Talloulah et Hugo Mathurin - Magnum
Domaine de Cassiopée
Concentrate nose of nectarine, pineapple, preserved lemon, and sesame, with a chalky backbone. Powerful on the palate, with bright minerality and perfectly integrated aging, offering subtle vanilla-like aromatics. Salty, mouthwatering finish. Decanting recommended.
- Size
- 150 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Hautes Côtes de Beaune
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
First vintage for this cuvée, 100% Chardonnay from 6- and 7-year-old vines grown organically on the Côtés parcel, with clay-limestone soils. Hand-harvested, with excellent quality in 2022. Natural vinification: direct pressing of the whole clusters, fermentation and aging 70% in casks, without new oak, and 30% in sandstone jars for a year. Blended before bottling in August 2023, without fining or filtration, just a micro-dose of added sulfur (0.5 g/hl).
Talloulah et Hugo Mathurin
Talloulah Debourg and Hugo Mathurin, children of the 1994 vintage, studied oenology in Bordeaux. Yet if Bordeaux was far from their favourite wine, both were deeply drawn to Burgundy, where the winemaking philosophy closely matched their own. Hugo went to Domaine Roulot, then spent two years at Domaine Mugnier. As for Talloulah, she started at Clos de Tart and ended up with Marie-Thérèse...
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