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2020 Château de Chamilly Bouzeron Les Bouchines

…This estate has been owned by the Desfontaine family for more than 100 years. Each climat (vineyard) is vinified and bottled separately to create a subtle diversity of style. Aromas of crisp apples, clementine and pithy citrus peel – wonderful texture and energy here with a pleasing saline and mineral finish….

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2020 Château de Chamilly Santenay Blanc Sous La Roche

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2021 Château de Chamilly Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière Chez Edouard

The reputation of the wines of Saint Aubin do nothing but grow, it is a serious wine village in Burgundy but stays modest. Grapes sourced from vineyard Chez Edouard are beautifully exposed to the rising sun. The wine is vinified and aged for 12 months in oak Burgundy barrels, one fifth being new. The vinification is done without the use of sulphur and once the malolactic fermentation has taken place the wines are protected and only very tiny dose…

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MAGNUM Château de Chamilly Mercurey Clos la Perriere Monopole 2022, Burgundy, France

A superb Monopole (single ownership vineyard) in the heart of the village, where Pinot Noir vines are between 40 and 70 years old. Vinification lasts 12 days in temperature-controlled vats with a pre-fermentation cold maceration lasting 3 to 5 days. Aged for 12 months in oak and another 6 months in stainless steel before bottling. Elegant, expressive, ripe strawberry and a touch of pepper on the nose. Light in structure but not without depth – pu…

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2022 Château de Chamilly Mercurey Rouge 1er Cru Les Puillets

Les Puillets is a Premier Cru from a mid-slope, east-southeast facing vineyard planted with 60-year-old vines. Sheltered in a natural amphitheatre, it benefits from intense summer warmth. Chalky, iron-rich soils lie over fractured bedrock. Vinified and aged in oak Burgundy barrels. A total of 5 barrels made of this wine and the barrels used are: 1 new, 1 one year old, 1 two years old, the remaining two are three to four years old. Ageing 20 month…

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2021 Château de Chamilly Mercurey Rouge 1er Cru Les Puillets

This estate has been owned by the Desfontaine family for more than 100 years. Each climat (vineyard) is vinified and bottled separately to create a subtle diversity of style. The 1er Cru Les Puillets is known for its mineral and floral notes. Aged for 12 months in oak and another 6 months in stainless steel before bottling. Soft and delicate with red fruit aromas and earthy notes. Very round with smooth tannins. No fining or filtration took place…

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2021 Château de Chamilly Mercurey Clos la Perriere Monopole

A superb Monopole (single ownership vineyard) in the heart of the village, where Pinot Noir vines are between 40 and 70 years old. Vinification lasts 12 days in temperature-controlled vats with a pre-fermentation cold maceration lasting 3 to 5 days. Aged for 12 months in oak and another 6 months in stainless steel before bottling. Elegant, expressive, ripe strawberry and a touch of pepper on the nose. Light in structure but not without depth – pu…

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2022 Château de Chamilly Mercurey Au Pied du Mont Morin

Manual harvesting and sorting in the vineyard. Grapes from a 3.2-hectare east/north-east facing vineyard planted on chalky clay-limestone soils between 320 and 370m altitude. The average age of the vines is 50 years old. Fermentation lasts over 12 days in thermo-regulated concrete vats, with a 3-to-5-day cold maceration. During fermentation, the wine undergoes either pumping over or punch-downs. Aged for 18 months—12 months in oak barrels and 6 i…

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2022 Château de Chamilly Bourgogne Rouge

Grapes from 19 hectares of south-east facing vineyards around Château de Chamilly in Saint-Gilles, and on the rolling hills of the Côte Chalonnaise. Planted at 360m on clay-limestone soils, the vines range from 40 to 70 years old. Fermented over 12 days with a 3–5 day cold maceration and twice-daily pump-overs or punch-downs. Aged 18 months (12 in oak, 6 in tank). The 2022 vintage was bottled unfined and unfiltered. Aromas of red cherry, raspberr…

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2021 Château de Chamilly Mercurey Rouge

Château de Chamilly’s vineyards in Mercurey are on clay-limestone soils, with a focus on sustainable farming. The region’s ideal conditions help produce high-quality Pinot Noir. Traditional Burgundy winemaking techniques. The grapes are hand-harvested, followed by a careful selection process. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats and the wine is aged in French oak barrels for 12 months. Vibrant red fruit aromas with subtle earthy notes…

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Davy’s 2022 Burgundy En Primeur Tasting, Haberdashers' Hall, 18th January 2024, 5.30pm

…Confuron Gindre and Domaine Drouhin-Laroze in the Côte de Nuits, and Domaine Bachelet-Monnot, Domaine Tollot Beaut, Domaine Michelot and Domaine Paul Pillot from the Côte de Beaune, as well as Château de Chamilly in the Côtes Chalonnaise. *Subject to samples being shipped and received on time. Some alterations to the wines shown may be necessary due to circumstances beyond our control….

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