129 Chablis AC 2010
Daniel Dampt

Grape:100% Chardonnay (12.5% alc.)

Daniel Dampt produces quintessential Chablis – all restrained elegance (no oak), with a strong minerally character. It is the classic accompaniment to all shell-fish and smoked salmon. For drinking now to 2013.

* Half bottles are available

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Daniel Dampt
Location:	Milly, Chablis and Beines
Size of domaine:	24 hectares of which 12 hectares for village
Grape:	Chardonnay – 35 yrs old on average. ½ massale selection, ½ clonale on 41B rootstock. Trained double guyot.
Terroir:	Limestone clay, 150 metres above sea level on 15 to 20% slopes. Approx 40cm of soil above the kimmeridgian limestone.
Viticulture:	Debud, no vendanges en vert. Mix of methods to keep weeds under control, including ploughing. Copper sulphate against oidium and mildew. No treatments against pests. Tiny quantities of organic fertiliser occasionally used. Mechanical harvest. 55hh yield.
Vinification:	Pneumatic press. Temperature controlled stainless steel vats for fermentation. Use ‘cerevisiae’ yeasts. Allow to settle for 15 hours. No enzymes. Chaptalise if necessary. Ferment at 19°C, for around 15 days. The malolactic is completed 100%. Racked twice during an elevage (also in stainless steel). Aged for 8 months. No batonnage. Fined by bentonite, and filtered by kieselghur. 5 or 6 bottlings per year. Bottled using their own equipment.
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exc vat: £10.63