2023 Technical Specifications
Region Sous Fretille
Critics Ratings 92
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2022 Technical Specifications
Region Sous Fretille
Harvest Dates Estate picking began 25 August 2022 and finished 31 August 2022; the exact Sous Frétille parcel date is not stated.
Production Details Estate-wide harvest sugars showed little variation around 12.5%; no measurement basis or finished-wine alcohol is supplied. The producer describes orderly malolactic progression for the whites. These are vintage-wide observations rather than a Sous Frétille analysis.
Tasting Notes Exceptional balance, depth of fruit and remarkable purity; the producer compares the quality of the whites to 2002.
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2021 Technical Specifications
Region Sous Fretille
Harvest Dates Estate picking began 22 September 2021 and finished 30 September 2021; the exact Sous Frétille parcel date is not stated.
Production Details Estate wines were approximately 12% alcohol and were lightly chaptalized. Average white-wine yield was 27 hL/ha. These are estate-wide figures, not a finished-wine analysis or parcel-specific yield for Sous Frétille.
Critics Ratings 92
2020 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window 2022-2037
Region Sous Fretille
Harvest Dates Estate picking began 20 August 2020; the exact Sous Frétille parcel date and the completion date for the estate’s white harvest are not stated.
Production Details Average estate white-wine yield was 35 hL/ha. The producer reports low pH and preserved total acidity without giving numerical results; these are estate-wide observations, not a Sous Frétille analysis or parcel-specific yield.
Tasting Notes Apple, pear, chalky minerality, hazelnut, orange blossom, honeysuckle and vanillin oak; bright, full-bodied and focused, with mineral drive, lively acidity and a long balanced finish.
Critics Ratings 92
2019 Technical Specifications
Drinking Window 2023-2035
Region Sous Fretille
Harvest Dates Estate picking began 9 September 2019; the exact Sous Frétille parcel date is not stated.
Production Details Estate white wines ranged from 13.1% to 13.5% alcohol and averaged 30 hL/ha. The producer also reports about 25% new oak at estate level. None of these figures is identified as a Sous Frétille-specific finished-wine specification or parcel yield.
Tasting Notes Lemon, pear, fresh pineapple, chalk, citrus zest, spring flowers and vanillin oak; bright, full-bodied and mineral, with lively acidity, focus and a long complex finish.
Critics Ratings 92
2018 Technical Specifications
Region Sous Fretille
Harvest Dates Estate picking began 30 August 2018; the exact harvest date for this white parcel is not stated.
Production Details Estate finished alcohols ranged from 13% to 14%. The producer reports elevated pH and comparatively high tartaric acid but supplies no numerical analysis; these observations are not identified as Sous Frétille-specific.
Tasting Notes The producer characterizes its 2018 whites as pure and ripe, with good acidity.
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2017 Technical Specifications
Region Sous Fretille
Harvest Dates Estate picking began 2 September 2017 and finished 10 September 2017; Corton-Charlemagne was the final parcel, and the exact Sous Frétille date is not stated.
Fermentation Vessels Tank, then barrel
Production Details Estate harvest sugars were generally in the mid-12.5% range, with no measurement basis stated, and average white-wine yield was 45 hL/ha. These are estate-wide observations, not a Sous Frétille analysis or parcel-specific yield.
Tasting Notes The producer characterizes its 2017 whites as classic, expressive and tense, with long finishes.
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