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NOUVELLES
DE BOISSET BURGUNDY
FIRST
SEMESTER
2023

The vineyard which has been built up is vinified in barrels to really bring out its Both cardboard and packaging are
over the years now covers 170 hectares rich taste, and it is aged on laths for 40 produced locally in the Côte d’Or.
dedicated to Crémant de Bourgogne. This to 52 months (3-4+ years) to refine the Perfect to taste on their own to fully
vineyard extends from north to south bubbles. Its tiny dosage (4g/l) reveals appreciate their elegance and length in
with the Auxerrois, the Châtillonnais, an authentic aromatic palette. A limited the mouth or as an aperitif. Their elegance
the Côte de Nuits, the Côte de Beaune production of just 3,000 to 6,000 bottles is also expressed with a sophisticated
and the Couchois. produced per vintage. meal or with simpler dishes to let their
Planted with pinot noir, chardonnay and These Grands Terroirs required a suitably nature run free.
some pinot blanc, and worked according worthy presentation. The elegantly Serve cool but not chilled (8-10°) so as
to the High Environmental Value charter, curved bottle is antique coloured to be not to mask their expressive nose and
it contains remarkable parcels that Louis protected against light. The packaging their strong personality.
Bouillot has selected for its Grands Terroirs, is sober and refined.
the elite Crémants de Bourgogne. The disgorgement date is indicated on the
Each cuvée is the expression of a climat back label. The flat cardboard boxes are
and an excellent year. A third of the cuvée inspired by the great wines of Burgundy.

Les Grands Terroirs
Les Lavots 2017
Powerful and round
60% pinot noir,
40% chardonnay
Production limited
to 5,659 bottles

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In the north, the Châtillonnais is devoted almost lava rock, hence its name, Les Lavots. There is terroir. A certain austerity presides over its
exclusively to the Crémant de Bourgogne. This little soil here, but the Chardonnay flourishes opening, then it becomes fuller and gives
is where the Molesme vineyard is located. The with vivacity and the pinot noir brings its way to acidulous notes, citrus and morello
high vines, facing south/south-east, benefit red fruit notes to the blend. cherry, like a harmonious fusion of pinot
from beautiful summer and autumn sunshine, Due to the distance from the Nuits-Saint- noir and chardonnay.
which favours the ripening of the grapes. Georges fermenting room, the grapes are Pair it with a cheese platter such as a Cîteaux
This stony plot of 3.46ha is made up of hard pressed on site to preserve the musts. This or a farmhouse goat’s cheese with white bread
limestone and is strewn with fragments of is a Crémant de Bourgogne embodying its as a nod to the Cistercian monks’ habits.

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