Domaine Louis Moreau

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10 Grande Rue – 89800 BEINES, CHABLIS www.louismoreau.com

Domaine Louis Moreau was born from the passion of a family settled in Chablis since 1814. As soon as the late 19th century, the love of this family for great wines brought her to purchase plots in Grands Crus and Premiers Crus.

Nowadays, proprietor of parcels in 5 of the Grands Crus, including a monopole, the domaine works many plots within the appellations of Petit Chablis, Chablis and Premiers Crus, in full respect of the environment.

The most prestigious of its wines is the monopole Chablis Grand Cru Clos des Hospices dans Les Clos whose acquisition was made by the Moreau family in 1904.

Louis Moreau, who has been heading the domaine since 1994, elaborates wines of unique style, combining minerality, fineness, elegance and purity.

Louis gives greater place to a vine conduct in full respect of the environment.

He always seeks for the most natural solution in order to protect the quality of his vines and grapes. An important work is realised to allow the plants to grow properly while struggling against external pressures. Moreover, the results of such methods are a total control of the yield.

Louis collaborates tightly with the most important domaines in Burgundy to improve the quality of the selected plants thanks to nursery researches. He particularly focuses his research on massal selections of the most robust vine plants in "Vieilles Vignes" of the domaine (mainly in Premiers Crus and Grands Crus) in order to better valorize all the terroirs.

All year long, Louis practices high quality methods, ending with handpicking harvests, followed by small volumes transport to the winery and use of sorting table.

Chablis & Chablis 1ers Crus are vinified in stainless still tank to express all their minerality & their fineness. On the other hand, the powerful & the richness of the Chablis Grands Crus grant the fair use of oak barrels for a harmonious growing.

PETIT CHABLIS Freshness

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Beines Superficy : 3 hectares (6.6 acres) Initial Plantation : 1987 Soil : The vineyard is planted on sandy soils.

Orientation : The vines are planted on plateaux.

Annual production : 8,000 bottles Alcohol : 12 % vol.

Tasting notes : Petit Chablis is a fresh and very aromatic wine. Its fruity and vivid nose exhales apple and citrus notes. In mouth, it presents a nice gustatory attack combined with a round and fine palate.

CHABLIS AOC Elegance

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape Variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Beines & Chablis Superficy: 24 hectares (52.8 acres) Initial plantation : 1980 Soil : Vines are planted on a sandy & clay soil.

Orientation : West Annual production : 120,000 bottles Alcohol : 12 % vol.

Tasting notes : This Chablis shows a nice brilliant golden colour, while its nose is floral with a hint of white fruit (apple & pear). According to the vintage, its gustatory attack can express mineral & citrus notes, balanced by its roundness & fineness.

CHABLIS 1er CRU VAULIGNOT Minerality

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape Variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Beines Superficy : 10 hectares (22 acres) Initial plantation : 1976 Soil : The vineyard is planted on a soil composed by calcareous & limestone slopes calles Kimmeridgian.

Orientation : South-East Annual production : 54,000 bottles Alcohol : 12.50 % vol.

Tasting notes : This wine is a perfect example of a classic Chablis Premier Cru. Its exposure to a morning sun, therefore cooler sun, reveals its elegance and enhances its minerality & richness drawn from the calcareous and clay subsoil. It presents a rich yellow gold colour with green hints, and its nose reveals mint & pineapple aromas. Its flavours are full & freshness dominates, with a long persisting finish.

CHABLIS 1er CRU VAILLONS Delicacy

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape Variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Chablis Superficy : 4 hectares (8.8 acres) Initial plantation : 1945 Soil : The vineyard is planted on calcareous marls.

Orientation : South-West Annual production : 24,000 bottles Alcohol : 12.50 % vol.

Tasting notes : This Premier Cru wines are very generous, fleshy, and lively. Its very poor terroir composed by clay and calcareous marls reveals its minerality and vivacity, so typical from the Chablis appellation, offset by an aromas concentration due to the old vines that give to the wines roundness & richness.

CHABLIS 1er CRU LES FOURNEAUX Roundness

Viticulture Area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape Variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Chablis Superficy: 3 hectares (6.6 acres) Initial plantation : 1968 Soil : The vineyard is planted on a soil composed by calcareous and limestone slopes called Kimmeridgian.

Orientation : South-West Annual production : 13,000 bottles DegrĂŠ alcoolique : 12.50 % vol.

Tasting notes : This subtle and fine wine expresses a very aromatic bouquet. We can notice notes of white flowers, such as acacia and rose petals, along with a discreet vanilla aroma. It is very round in mouth, with a hint of acidity that allows it to keep its minerality.

CHABLIS GRAND CRU LES CLOS Minerality, Fineness, Elegance & Purity

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape Variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Chablis Superficy : 3 hectares 20 ares 44 (7.05 acres) Initial plantation : Part of this parcel was replanted between 1958 & 1968.

Soil : The vines are planted in the heart of the Chablis Terroir on a Kimmeridgian soil more calcareous on the hills .

Orientation : South/South-West Annual production : 6,000 bottles Alcohol : 13 % vol.

Tasting notes : Grand Cru Les Clos is the most renowned climate out the 7 Grands Crus in Chablis. It produces dry but generous & powerful wines. It develops a very mineral bouquet, showing an elegant fineness and a nice length in mouth.

CHABLIS GRAND CRU CLOS DES HOSPICES DANS LES CLOS Generosity

Viticulture Area : Bourgogne – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape Variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village : Chablis Superficy : 40 ares 90 ca (0.90 acres) Initial plantation : The last replantation was done in 1970 Soil : Our monopole is planted in the heart of the Chablis terroir, on a pure Kimmeridgian soil.

Orientation : South/South-West Annual production : 2 400 bottles Alcohol: 13.00 % vol.

Tasting notes : Grand Cru Clos des Hospices is located within Les Clos and it produces exceptional wines, showing a great generosity. Its nose is full and expressive, with a nice minerality that we find again in mouth, confirmed by an elegant length on the finish.

CHABLIS GRAND CRU VALMUR Power

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape variety : 100 % Chardonnay Village: Chablis Superficy : 99 ares 17 ca (2.18 acres) Initial plantation : Between 1966 and 1968 Soil : The vines are planted on a pure Kimmeridgian soil.

Orientation : South/South - West Annual production : 4 200 bottles Alcohol: 13.00 % vol.

Tasting notes : Thanks to its multiple exposures to the sun, Grand Cru Valmur develops more specifically fruity and round aromas, less marked by the calcareous and clay subsoil. In mouth, this wine presents a robust and powerful character, less dry than its neighbour Grand Cru Les Clos.

CHABLIS GRAND CRU VAUDESIR Homogeneity

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape variety: 100 % Chardonnay Village: Chablis Superficy : 45 ares 82 ca Initial plantation : 1970 Soil: The vines are planted on a calcareous soil called Kimmeridgian.

Orientation : West/South-West Annual production: 2 000 bottles Alcohol: 13.00 % vol.

Tasting notes : Located between Grand Crus Valmur and Les Preuses, Grand Cru VaudĂŠsir produces very homogeneous wines that can be perceived as austere, but are fine and floral when young, and will develop a nice robust and round structure when aging.

CHABLIS GRAND CRU BLANCHOT Delicacy

Viticulture area : Burgundy – Chablis France Proprietor : Louis MOREAU Grape variety: 100 % Chardonnay Village : Chablis Superficy : 10 ares Initial plantation : Most of this parcel was replanted in 1986 Sol : The vines are planted on a pure Kimmeridgian soil Orientation : South-East Annual production: 6 000 bottles Alcohol: 13.00 % vol.

Tasting notes : Due to its exposure, Grand Cru Blanchot fully benefits from a morning sun, that gives it a great delicacy and a very fruity nose. In mouth, it is a very fat wine, whose nice volume develops mushrooms, undergrowth and white flowers notes.