Domaine Billard Hautes Cotes De Beaune AC La Justice 2007
Price £13.00
Stock Level: 30
| Grape: | Chardonnay |
| Strength: | 12.5% |
| Style: | Dry, Oaked |
| Size: | 75cl |
| Cellar Notes: | As with most Cote d’Or producers the estate is made up various different parcels of vineyards, this 100% Chardonnay white comes from Hautes Cotes de Beaune, the hills that lie to the west of the main Cote de Beaune strip, which can be a good hunting ground for serious yet affordable Burgundy. The wine will be fermented and aged in barrel, though with limited use of new oak. |
| Appearance: | Light gold |
| Aromas: | Melon notes with creamy hints |
| Palate: | It has ripe citrus fruit, good weight and depth, as well as buttery hints |
| Serving Notes: | Superb with grilled white fish |
Vineyard Notes:
Domaine Billard
http://www.domaine-billard.com/
Jerome Billard inherited this estate from his father and now bottles all the wine he produces, previously the wine would be sold in bulk to the negociant. In the 1920s, Claude Rossignol, the grandfather of Alain Billard, possessed a domain to Volnay and plots of land in Monthelie, Volnay and Volnay 1er Cru. Mr. and Mrs Roger Billard, his parents, took over the exploitation in 1961 with 4 hectares of vineyards. Alain Billard took over the domain, in his turn, in 1982. In 1990 he obtained all of the tenant farming and sharecropping. Today, the Domain is constituted by 7 hectares distributed on the municipalities of Monthelie, Beaune, Pommard Volnay and Meursault.
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