Sylvain Debord2023 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes, Sylvain Debord
Burgundy, FranceVintage: 2023
The 2023 Vieilles Vignes opens with refined aromas of toasted hazelnut, light vanilla, lemon blossom, and white peach. On the palate, it balances rich texture with fresh minerality, creamy mid-palate complexity meets a sharply defined infrastructural backbone of citrus acidity. Flavours of almond pastry, subtle brioche, and an undercurrent of wet stone lead to a long, clean, and elegant finish. Structured yet expressive, this village-level wine delivers excellent ageing potential.
This Chassagne Montrachet is a blend of three different climats within the appellation, each imparting subtle nuances to the wine in terms of minerality, acidity and body, resulting in complexity and balance. The old vines are grown in complex, stony clay and limestone soils and are densely planted.
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100% Chardonnay
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Sylvain Debord is Burgundian by birth and by heart. He studied at the Lycée Viticole de Beaune in 1991, where he met many talented winegrowers, including Nicolas Potel, with whom he has worked since 2006. From 1994, Sylvain studied at the University of Burgundy, where he contributed to several technical research projects which continued into the 2000s. At the same time, he managed the UB Experimental Viticultural Centre in Marsannay-la-Côte, with which he still maintains regular contact. Sylvain is passionate about respecting the natural environment, cultural environments and conserving the land for future generations, and he vinifies grapes from his close network of vineyard partners, which covers a mosaic of vineyards and appellations. He uses a minimalist and refined approach to produce his signature style, and his wines are elegant, pure and fresh.
Vinified following a philosophy of minimal intervention. The grapes were immediately pressed to preserve the quality. The must was settled for 36 hours before being transferred by gravity to 228-litre French oak barriques where wild yeast fermentation took place at temperatures maintained at below 23°C to retain freshness and aromatics. The wine was matured on its lees for 12 months in barriques from a blend of forests in Central France, with 50% new oak, 30% first use and 20% second use, without bâtonnage.
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