Meursault Les Grands Charrons – Domaine Pierre Vincent

Vineyard

Grape variety: Chardonnay

Surface: A parcel of 0.145 ha

Planted: In 1929

Soil: Limestone clay

Orientation: Northeast

The soils are tilled then grassed over. Minimum treatments. Manual harvest with systematic sorting. Precise choice of harvest date based on maturity checks.

Les Grands Charrons and Les Petits Charrons border the road to Auxey-Duresses. The name derives from the old French “Charrau,” meaning a path for chariots.

Vinification

Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, followed by overnight settling

Alcoholic fermentation partially in stainless steel vats, then transferred into barrels for malolactic fermentation

Aged for 12 months in barrels, then racked into stainless steel vats and aged for another 6 months before bottling.