Domaine Jean Claude Rateau - Beaune 1er Cru Les Coucherias 2018
Domaine Jean-Claude Rateau is located in Beaune, in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy . Jean-Claude Rateau comes from a wine-growing family. His paternal grandfather, a wine merchant, had planted his own vines and produced red and white Côte de Beaune. His maternal grandfather, head gardener for the city of Beaune, produced a Beaune Village that would keep for a very long time. His father, among his many businesses, cultivated and vinified for another owner family. It is therefore naturally that Jean-Claude Rateau decides to study at the wine school and that he sets out to discover France to share the experience of other winegrowers. In 1979, he established his 2 hectare estate from the family vines. He was one of the precursors of biodynamics in Burgundy. With his partners (the Thoening and Baechtold families), he planted 15 plots on 12 different terroirs.
The Beaune Premier Cru Les Coucherias is made from Chardonnay . The grapes are picked by hand, depending on the maturity of each parcel, and delicately transported to the pressing room. After settling, the grape juice is then left to ferment in oak barrels, without oenological inputs. The wine is aged on lees with stirring . The aging lasts 14 months in old oak barrels .
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay