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Chateau Cary Potet Montagny 1er Cru 'Les Burnins' 2022

Appellation
Montagny
Region
Cote Chalonnaise
Vintage
2022
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SKU: ECHAM01W-22
Overview

From the southern reaches of the Cote Chalonnaise, the wines of Montagny are among the best value in White Burgundy. With a unique and dusty minerality that many compare to a suave left-bank Chablis, the wines also profit from their southern position, so ripeness and maturity yield seductive and charming Chardonnay. This premier cru ‘Les Burnins’ has a mineral attack with orange blossom floral notes and spicy round fruit. Rich and smoky, with green apple acidity and a touch of butter. Good long finish carried by the minerality.

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Vintage
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BURGUNDY 2022 VINTAGE

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After three successive high-quality but low-quantity vintages, winemakers in Burgundy are refilling their cellars with an excellent 2022 harvest.This is not to say that it was an easy ride. Once again, frost, heat and drought put stress on the growing season, but timing is everything, and the extreme weather did much less damage than in previous years.

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Winters have been wet and mild for years now. The winter of 2021-22 was not, with less than average rainfall and seasonal temperatures. Under these ‘normal’ conditions, we would expect budburst in the first half of April. But summer-like conditions at the end of March forced the vines, especially Chardonnay, to bud early, and we went into frost season with tender green buds exposed. There were two nights in the coming week below zero, but damage was limited.

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Spring conditions set in in mid-April, but Summer followed soon thereafter, dry with spiky heat waves. The vines went wild.  Winemakers fought to keep the growth under control. And the fight continued until flowering, which happened a couple of weeks early in mid-May.

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The warm, dry conditions led to nearly-perfect flowering. We saw for the first time the potential of a great crop, with lots of beautiful, full, well-formed grape bunches; and an early harvest, with fruit setting well ahead of schedule.

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But the drought held, and the fear was that this beautiful fruit would shrivel on the vine. Finally, at the end of June, the rain came. Summer storms bring with them the risk of hail, so all eyes were on the sky as the storms were sometimes violent causing significant but limited hail damage. The rains were intermittent, but regular for the next weeks. The cumulative rainfall would not be enough to see the crop through to harvest, however.

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The heat waves continued through the rains, and so the risk of fungal disease, usually associated with wet conditions, dried up. But temperatures spiked and dry conditions set in again. The grapes ripened in a full-blown heat wave. Winemakers had to keep a close eye on sugar levels, as the risk was that ripeness could gallop away at the last minute.

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And then, just about the time when it looked like an over-ripe mid-August harvest was imminent, it rained again. And the producers were able to let that water absorb into the fruit, increasing the volume of juice that was ultimately harvested in the first week of September.

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2022, both white and red, are showing real depth and ripeness. And while there was once again very little malic acid, the tartaric acid holds the balance and structure together. Early tastings in the barrel show enormous charm and vitality. Very promising.

Appellation

MONTAGNY

COTE CHALONNAISE

At the southern end of the Côte Chalonnaise, four villages (Buxy, Montagny lès-Buxy, Jully-lès-Buxy and Saint-Vallerin), have been banded together as a single Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée since 1936. Hereabouts, as in the Côte de Nuits or at Chassagne-Montrachet, wine growing and stone quarrying amicably share the landscape. Buxy, with its 12th century fortifications, is an important heritage site and retains its independent spirit. The wine, grown only from Chardonnay grapes, breathes freshness and clarity. The monks of Cluny preferred it to any other.

Wines

Montagny produces white wines only. To the eye, these wines present the classic features of a burgundian Chardonnay: limpid, pale gold color with green highlights when young, darker gold color with age. Their aromas are acacia, mayflower, honeysuckle, bramble flowers, and sometimes violet and bracken. Of the livelier scents, lemon balm and gunflint may be added. Hazelnut, white peach and ripe pear would not be surprising, either. In the mouth, the wine is always fresh, frisky, and rich in spice Refinement and delicacy are matched to a durably structure.

Terroirs

Facing east and south-east these hillsides of Bajocien limestone are planted with vines at altitudes of 250-400 meters. Marls and marly limestones of the Jurassic lias and older trias (200 million years BC ). The gravelly lower Triassic, which surfaces at Buxy, is in contact here with the Kimmeridgian limestone that dominates in the geology of Chablis.

Color

White Wines only – Chardonnay

Production surface area

1 hectare (ha) = 2.4 acres

326.44 ha (including 201.54 ha Premier Cru)

Food

Subtle and rich in nuance, Montagny can be matched with foods of comparable balance and aromatic intensity. White meats in cream sauce suits it very well. As seafood, steamed or poached crustaceans, and noble fish are well-suited. As for cheeses, it brings out the best in goat cheeses, Beaufort, Comté, Emmental

Appellation

Premier Cru

Champ Toizeau

Chazelle

Cornevent

Creux de Beaux Champs

L'Epaule

La Condemine du Vieux Château

La Grande Pièce

La Moullière

Le Clos Chaudron

Le Cloux

Le Clouzot

Le Vieux Château

Les Bassets

Les Beaux Champs

Les Bonneveaux

Les Bordes

Les Bouchots

Les Burnins

Les Chaniots

Les Chaumelottes

Les Coères

Les Combes

Les Coudrettes

Les Craboulettes

Les Garchères

Les Gouresses

Les Jardins

Les Las

Les Macles

Les Maroques

Les Paquiers

Les Perrières

Les Pidances

Les Platières

Les Resses

Les Treuffères

Les Vignes Derrière

Les Vignes des Prés

Les Vignes longues

Mont Laurent

Montcuchot

Montorge

Saint-Ytages

Sainte-Morille

Sous les Feilles

Vigne du soleil

Vignes Couland

Vignes Saint-Pierre

Vignes sur le Cloux

Lieux Dits

Cruzille

Davenay

La Corvée

La Groule

La Pallue

La Tillonne

Le Corbeau

Le Creux de la Feuille

Le Curtil

Le May

Le May Cottin

Le May Morin

Le Reculleron

Le Reuilly

Les Beaucons

Les Betaux

Les Brus

Les Chazelles

Les Cloux

Les Corbaisons

Les Crets

Les Dazés

Les Echeliers

Les Guignottes

Les Joncs

Les Marais

Les Pendars

Les Plantats

Les Préaux

Les Prés

Les Rougereaux

Les Thilles

Les Varignys

Les Variniers

Les Vignes Sous l'Eglise

Montagny

Prés Berceaux

Sous les Roches

St Vallerin

Vignes Dessous

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