JEAN-MARC BROCARD
Chablis Premier Cru Montmains
2011
About this winery
Jean-Marc Brocard's origins lie in the Côte d'Or, a farmer's son from the village of Chaudenay-le-Château, not even the son of the vigneron. Following his father’s advice Jean-Marc studied Engineering leaving behind agricultural life. It was an accident of marriage that brought him to wine when he married Claudine (his childhood sweetheart), a vigneron's daughter from the village of St-Bris-le-Vineux in the valley of Yonne. Starting with single a hectare of vines from his father-in-law in...
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Product notes
Kimmeridgian : Alternate layers of limestone and marls containing fossilized marine bodies which give Chablis its fresh minerality.
Production notes
Pneumatic press. Natural yeast. Temperature controlled alcoholic fermentation and is in stainless steel to preserve the freshness of the fruit and the typicity of the soil. Malolactic fermentation completed.
Tasting notes
Crystal clear and brilliant, with silvery grey highlights. On the nose, spicy notes, with flint and citrus fruit aromas. On the palate, crystalized citrus fruit, salty and iodized notes. Lovely minerality, typical of Chablis. Very pure wine.