CLIMATE :
Our climate is much like that of Côte de Beaune, the same rainfall, the same sunshine conditions.
Our fields are oriented South and South East, the best orientation for raisin maturation.
GEOLOGY :
The base is the calcaire of Kimmeridgien. This is the same base as in Chablis, and explains in part the success and quality of our white wines. Certain parcels are particulary appropriate for white wines.
TOPOGRAPHIE :
The vines are on slopes inclined between 5% and 25%.
This permit optimal water flow and a quick re-warming of the soil after rains. The fields are at 240m above sea level, also optimal.
THE SOIL :
Brown-red in color and argilo-calcaire, the same as Bordeaux soils: 33% clay, 33% lemon, 33% sand.
Lydia et Claude BOURGUIGNON , Agricultural engineer and PhD in biology and biochemistry, soil microbiologists,
LAMS directors
ROSE SYRAH
Rosé is made by pression with hints of saffron and the elegant arom of roses complete and vinous with a long finish.
SYRAH
100 % SYRAH, from our younger vines only 6 month in cuve has preserved the typical fruit on Syrah.
It has scents of violet and berries and is rich and spicy.
SYRAH " S "
This 100 % SYRAH is from the best plots of the domaine where careful plant selection and grafting is now bearing fruit.
Deep in colour, this has real finesse precision freshness and spicy liquorice and violet rich in fruit from the chalky terroir.
Vintage 2016
BELMONT
An atypical wine by its grape varieties which owes its character to the limestone terroir of the estate and wich expresses itself by a great minerality and a style with a long finish and a great freshness.
Vintage : 2009, 2010, 2011.
DOLMEN
100 % chardonnay.
This wine, nervous and fresh with a generous volume also presents good woody and fat characteristics. tight, with remarkably pure minerality texture in the mouth and a complex and exceptionally persistant finish.
Dolmen is a complete wine of a true noblesse, reflecting the manificent clay/limestone terroir of the Belmont Estate.
Vintage 2015
MONTAIGNE
100 % chardonnay.
Elaborated solety from the chardonnay grape variety, on a limestone plot of land, the Montaigne is intense, fine and precise.
Subtle floral notes of white flowers and citrus fruits give way of a great and persistant minerality.
Vintage 2015
REVUE DES VINS DE FRANCE
Blanc Dolmen 2015 : 14.5/20
Blanc Montaigne 2015 : 15.5/20
Syrah "S" 2014 : 15/20
Le Coup de Coeur
Rouge Belmont 2014 : 15/20
BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE
Blanc Dolmen 2015 : 16/20
Blanc Montaigne 2015 : 16/20
Syrah "S" 2014 : 15.5/20
Rouge Belmont 2014 : 16/20
YVES BECK
Blanc Dolmen 2014 : 90/100
Blanc Montaigne 2014 : 90/100
Syrah "S" 2014 : 87/100
Rouge Belmont 2014 : 91/100