- white
- 0 in stock
- Organic
- Low Sulfur
Clematis Vitalba is part of Claire Naudin’s série “flower”, her experimental range of wines where she does not use So2 but at bottling if needed. This 25 years-old Chardonnay comes from the lieu-dit Les Tilles on the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits side of Magny-lès-Villers. Perfectly east exposed, the vines produced small concentrated berries from the Jurassic limestone (there is barely any top soil). Hand-harvested, the wine is slowly pressed, settled overnight, vinified & aged in 228-l barrels. Claire has worked a lot her choice of coopers to make sure the toast doesn’t show in the wine. She leaves a little Co2 to naturally protect the wine, so it is always good to decant.2015 Clematis was made in an early, sunny vintage yet thanks to the altitude of the vineyards the acidity was maintained. In that vintage, Claire used some oaks with a little bit more toast, so you pick up some white tobacco, roasted hazelnut notes, but in a very enticing way. Then it is all about Chinese pear, lemon blossom, star anise. In the palate the wine combines very well volume and tension. The lees are bringing more saltiness with some reduction, enhancing the smokiness. The finish is really well defined : you would have a hard believing it is not from a famous village of the Côte de Beaune. Enjoy it over 10 years, or drink it today, decanted, not too cold. Serve it with a wild-caught trout with yellow corn polenta or roasted organic chicken with fried zucchini blossom. 100% Chardonnay. Pascaline Lepeltier.