Givry Blanc 2022 - "Excellence"
- White
- 75 cl
A white Givry with assertive flavours! Domaine Mouton's cuvée excellence takes you into a toasted universe, for lovers of white wines that have fullness and character
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Givry Blanc 2022 - "Excellence"
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Complex
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Powerful
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Mineral
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Fruity
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Woody
Givry Blanc 2022 Cuvée "Excellence" - DOMAINE LAURENT MOUTON
Perfectionist and ultra-qualitative in his approach, Laurent Mouton offers us the "Excellence" version of his Givry Blanc.
The recipe? A passage in oak barrels, half of which in new barrels. The result is simply fabulous, with a wine that will acquire an additional dimension sought after by lovers of charisma and amplitude: a toasted dimension, with aromas of toasted dried fruits or vanilla.
At the same time, the delicacy and freshness of the best Givry Blancs will be preserved, showing the mastery and experience of the winemaker.
You can accompany this wine with: smoked fish, cold cuts, Scandinavian salads, white meats in more spicy sauces, or even light tagines with spices.
Cellaring: up to 4 years
Serving temperature: 12 to 14°
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Appellation
Village -
Type of Wine
Still -
Wine Making
Oak casks -
Grape Variety
Chardonnay -
Harvest
Manual -
Burgundy Region
Côte Chalonnaise -
Vintage
2022 -
Service
12 to 14 degrees -
Custody potential
2026 -
Degree of alcohol
14°
appellation
Givry
Wine Characteristics
Givry is primarily a red wine made from Pinot Noir grapes. To the eye it presents a brilliant carmine or crimson colour set off by purplish highlights.
Its bouquet generally evokes violets, strawberries, and blackberries with variants which include liquorices, game, and sometimes spice (cloves). It is quite tannic in its early youth but after 3 to 5 years in the bottle it becomes suppler and fuller. It boasts a firm structure.
White Givry (Chardonnay) is a bright, limpid pale gold. It is redolent of aromas of honey or lemon with notes of lime and lily, then dried fruits (often toasted) come to the fore after the wine has aged some years. The mouth is delicate, with a balance between mellowness and acidity which guarantees its keeping qualities as well as giving it good length.
Wine Steward’s Tip
Red: its firm structure hides a delicate aromatic register which clearly makes it a fine match for pâtés, pies, and terrines, as well as cured ham and fine charcuterie. However, its distinction and solid construction are calculated to please meat-lovers. Fibrous joints, beefsteak, braised veal, stewed poultry, or a roasted fattened hen from La Bresse will respond to its dense tannins.
It is equally well-matched with soft-centred cheeses: Camembert, Brie de Meaux, Reblochon.
Serving temperature: around 15 °C.
White: fish in light sauces, freshwater pike cooked with butter and white meats bring out its finest qualities. As far as cheeses are concerned, try pressed-curd cheeses such as Saint-Nectaire and Cantal.
Serving temperature: 11 to 13 °C.
Situation
This Côte Chalonnaise wines was the favorite of the French King Henri IV (1553-1610). It is produced in the communes of Givry (with its hamlets Poncey, Cortiambles and Russilly), Dracy-le-Fort, and Jambles – a corner of Paradise for wine-growing, surrounding what has been a fortified location since the Middle Ages. Its AOC dates from 1946. As Philippe Sollers wrote in his autobiography “Being born into a culture of French wine is a deeply fortifying and sobering experience that becomes a part of you. As a child, one does not even need to read Rabelais - his words live and speak all around”.
Terroirs
Brown soils derived from the breakdown of Oxfordian Jurassic limestones and clayey-limestones. Most of the vines are planted facing East-South-East or due South at altitudes between 240 and 280 metres, or slightly higher in the case of the Climat named Les Bois Chevaux.
Source : https://www.bourgogne-wines.com
Estate
Domaine Mouton - Givry
Laurent Mouton brilliantly took over the family estate in the heart of Givry.
Very perfectionist, he has modernized the property with in particular the temperature regulation on all his vats, allowing to control perfectly the stages of vinification of his Givry, and in particular the fermentation.
Follower of fine wines but which keep intensity, it proposes many climates of red Givry in villages and first vines, as well as a magnificent white Givry of which a very beautiful cuvée excellence raised in oak barrels.
Among the appellations offered: Givry in white and red, Givry 1er Cru La Grande Berge, Givry 1er Cru Clos Juice, Givry 1er Cru Clos Charlé, Givry 1er Cru the Great Pretans.
