Domaine Guillemot Michel - Retour à la terre 2018
Domaine Guillemot-Michel is a small family estate located in "Quintaine", between the villages of Viré and Clessé, in the heart of the Viré-Clessé appellation, one of the three Crus of the Mâconnais. In 1982, after studying viticulture and oenology, Pierrette Michel and her husband Marc Guillemot returned to the estate of Pierrette's parents. In 1985 they bottle their first vintage under the name "Guillemot-Michel". The vines are converted to organic farming upon their return, then to biodynamics from 1991. Since 2012, their daughter Sophie, now helped by her husband Gautier, follow the same path by gradually taking over the management of the estate. Sophie, Gautier, Pierrette and Marc cultivate 6.5 hectares of old Chardonnay vines (55-60 years old) located around the hamlet of Quintaine.
The cuvée Retour à la Terre (Back to the Roots) is made from Chardonnay grapes from the “Champ-Rond” plot. It is vinified in an 800-litre terracotta jar. This selection of 65-year-old vines, grafted onto an old rootstock obtained in 1880 (Riparia Gloire de Montpellier), gives low yields with magnificent small, well-golden berries. The first vintage of this cuvée was released in 2017.
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay
