Santenay 

Clos Des Champs Carafe 

2016

100% Chardonnay 

Organic

Region: Bourgogne 

ESTATE HISTORY

Founded at the end of the sixties, Domaine Olivier originates in the few vineyards left by Antoine Chevalier Moreau to his grandson Hervé.
By purchasing plots and new plantations, the estate first stretched out on Santenay then on Savigny-les-Beaune, Pommard and Nuits-Saint-Georges. During the development of their activity, the Oliviers endeavoured to exploit old terroirs, historically renowned for the production of Santenay white wines. These terroirs were abandoned for almost a century.
For a few years now, Antoine and Rachel Olivier have been managing all of the activities of the Domaine with one aim: Combining modernity and respect of Burgundian soils; and with the hope that you will enjoy tasting our wines as much as we enjoyed making them.

TERROIR

Greyish limestones occupy the high ground up to a height of 500 metres.
Lower down the slope, starting at the 300-metre line, are oolitic limestones, white oolite, marls, kidney-shaped limestones, and lower oolite on a layer of marl. The location of the vineyards is ideal with exposures between East and South.

VITICULTURE

Organic farming. Cultivation according to ancestral methods, without chemical weeding or synthetic product.

WINEMAKING

Manual harvesting, transport of the grapes in small crates, systematic table sorting upon receipt.
Slow pressing - Vinification exclusively in barrels with regular stirring until the end of malolactic fermentation.
12 months in oak barrels, on lees, without racking, final in vats 4 to 6 months, 25% new barrels, 25% 1-year-old barrels, 25% 2-year-old barrels, etc.
Bottled at the property after fining and light filtration.

TASTING & FOOD PAIRINGS

The 2016 Antoine Olivier Clos des Champs Carafe Santenay is a full-flavored Chardonnay with a nose of white flowers and citrus, and a palate that's rich and round with a long saline note.

Pairs well with shell fish or grilled white fish.