2018 Lamy-Caillat Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'La Romanée'

ETA Mid-June 2024

The desire of Sébastien and Florence to get back to basics influences their vinification methods, which are both natural and traditional. Artisanal winemaking and, above all, long élevage is what defines this domaine, with the wines spending two winters on the lees before bottling by hand after natural clarification. After pressing in an old mechanical press, the juice is transferred to barrel for fermentation after a brief settling. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations proceed slowly in the domaine’s cold cellars. Since the 2013 vintage, the wines go through an extended period of maturation, spending as long as 28 months on their lees. After barrel-aging, all wines are transferred to stainless still vats for six months. The wines are sometimes fined but never filtered, and bottling takes place directly from the barrel.