2023 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France Hermann J. Wiemer THe fruit is hand harvested

THe fruit is hand harvested and fermented with spontaneous yeast in concrete

70-80% destemmed

Most of the Chardonnay clones were planted in 1987 with the addition of some Pinot blanc more recently in an attempt to more truly emulate a classic Burgundian white vineyard

AGEING : 7 months in concrete vats

uncommon in Champagne: nose and palate with red and golden fruit tones

2023 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France Hermann J. Wiemer THe fruit is hand harvestedThe Domaine farms 3. 51 hectares of Richebourg across the Les Richebourg and Les Verroilles climats, where the soils consist of shallow brown limestone over fractured Jurassic bedrock with a high proportion of oolitic and Comblanchien limestone fragments. These well drained slopes face eastsoutheast and sit mid hillside, giving the vines consistent morning light and moderate water stress. Vine age is significant throughout the holding, with many