Domaine Hubert Lamy Grand Cru Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Haute Densité 2019

Lamy's Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet comes from a fraction of a hectare in Burgundy's smallest white Grand Cru, farmed at close to double the usual vine density.

Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet covers about 1.57 hectares in total, at the Chassagne-Montrachet end of the Montrachet hillside and immediately below Bâtard-Montrachet, which leaves each of its handful of growers with a token holding. The Lamy plot sits in the upper, northern part of the climat, where the ground lifts towards Chassagne; the family rented it from 1955 before Olivier Lamy bought it from the Perrot family in 2014. Its oldest vines date from 1975, and interplanting since has taken the density towards 24,000 plants per hectare, so that each vine roots deeper and ripens a very small crop. Picking is by hand, pressing slow, and fermentation runs on the vineyard's own yeasts with no débourbage beyond an overnight settling. Élevage lasts about two years on fine lees in 300- and 600-litre barrels, mostly used, with a further six months in tank before bottling.

A wine for the long term that needs five to ten years to show its range. Serve at 10-12°C with lobster, turbot or poached Bresse chicken.

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