{"product_id":"2024-chateau-de-melin-puligny-montrachet-la-corvee-des-vignes","title":"2024 Château de Melin Puligny-Montrachet \"La Corvée des Vignes\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau de Melin sits twelve kilometers southwest of Beaune in Auxey-Duresses, where the slate-roofed towers of a château first built in 1551 overlook 28 hectares of vines spread across the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. Hélène and Arnaud Derats acquired the estate in 1999 and restored it while folding in the family's own vineyards, part of a winegrowing lineage that traces back seven generations to before the French Revolution. In 2009 the family committed the entire domaine to organic farming, giving up pesticides, herbicides and synthetic chemicals in favor of plowing, cover-crop management and treatments limited to natural sulfur and copper, a practice now certified annually by Ecocert. Two of the Derats' sons, Thomas and Guillaume, have since joined the estate, carrying the operation into its eighth generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa Corvée des Vignes is a 0.30-hectare parcel with south-east exposure, its limestone-and-marl soil topped by a thin layer of silt that drains quickly after rain. Fermentation happens entirely in oak barrel, 15% new, without any addition of commercial yeast, and the wine spends a full twelve months in wood before bottling, developing the tension and minerality Puligny-Montrachet is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy You'll Love It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA single, tightly-defined parcel bottling of Puligny-Montrachet, one of Burgundy's most celebrated white-wine villages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTight and mineral on the nose, with a structured, precise character straight out of the barrel-fermentation process.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscreet acidity gives way to an intensely mellow mid-palate and impressively long finish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull barrel fermentation and twelve months of oak aging (15% new) build texture without masking the site's minerality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrganic, Ecocert-certified fruit from a south-east-facing slope built for consistent ripeness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilt to reward a few years in the cellar, developing further complexity with time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow To Serve It\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServe cool, at 52-55°F, to preserve the wine's precision and minerality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo decanting needed; a few minutes in the glass is plenty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePour into all-purpose white wine stems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePair with pan-seared veal and wild mushrooms, or go bolder with grilled lobster or a torchon of foie gras.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"SommSelect","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607449452598,"sku":"SOMM2609D-MEL24CDV-750","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/3628\/8822\/files\/2024ChateaudeMelinPuligny-MontrachetLaCorveedesVignes_1.png?v=1788479424","url":"https:\/\/sommselect.com\/products\/2024-chateau-de-melin-puligny-montrachet-la-corvee-des-vignes","provider":"SommSelect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}