Comte Armand Bourgogne Blanc Condemaine
Wine Information
This young 8 year old vine is located on the town of Volnay in a place called "The Condemaines". Planted on a clay are of Volnay that grows mostly Pinot Noir. The introduction of Muscat Chardonnay (Chardonnay small grain from Macon La Roche Vineuse), was audacious but it payed off in this land of rich and deep tradition.
Size: 0.2 ha (0.4 ac)
Variety: 90% Chardonnnay, 10% Chardonnay muscaté
Vine Age: Planted in 1958
Terroir: Single parcel near Volnay, mostly clay soils
Viticulture: Certified organic (Ecocert), biodynamic
Vinification: Whole-cluster pressing, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months in year-old barrels. Fined and blended in stainless steel tank before bottling.
Pruned to Cordon Royat to limit yields. The Chardonnay muscaté that makes up a small percentage of this wine is a massal selection from Olivier Merlin's Mâcon Les Cras Vielles Vignes.
- Product Name: Bourgogne Blanc Condemaine
- Producer: Comte Armand
- Importer: Becky Wasserman Selections
- Country Region Appellation:
- France
- France
- Burgundy
- France
- Burgundy
- Bourgogne
- Varietal: Chardonnay
- Agricultural Standards: Biodynamic , Organic
- ALC %: 13