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Michel
Coutoux Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru La Maltroie
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Michel
Coutoux
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House
Rules at Maison Coutoux. Translation: Here
we accept Hunters, Fisherman and all other
liars.
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Michel
Coutoux Chassagne Montrachet
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too often in Burgundy, marriage and inheritance seem
unpredictable and at the same time felicitous. So
it is with Michel Coutoux, who met his wife at university
and left his home region of the Loire Valley to join
his father-in-law's firm tending vines and making
wines in the Burgundy region. Over the last ten years,
Michel has been polishing his skills at his father-in-law's
domaine, perfecting his winemaking skills and learning
the complexities of tending the vine. Happily, Michel
Coutoux's father-in-law is no ordinary vigneron,
but winemaker-without-peer Michel Niellon, whose
ability to coax the extraordinary from Chardonnay
vines has delighted connoisseurs for decades.
Michel
Coutoux's apprenticeship with his father-in-law has
begun to reach a maturity of its own as Monsieur
Niellon has started to turn over ownership of some
of his vines to his daughter, now Madame Coutoux.
Using this source as well as buying additional must
from neighbors and friends, Michel Coutoux is painstakingly
fashioning extraordinary white Burgundies in homage
to his teacher, boss, and father-in-law, Michel Niellon.
He has learned his craft well.
The
wines are all barrel fermented, using on average
one-third new oak with occasional stirring of the
lees during malolactic fermentation. Rich but not
heavy, concentrated and powerful but not ponderous,
elegantly crafted
with great complexity and yet delightful precision
and definition, these wines from Michel Coutoux remind
us of (dare we say it?) the wines of his wife's father.
Michel Coutoux was able to add a number of appellations
in the 1998 vintage, building on the critical success
of his first vintage (the 1997s), which were rated
in the 90+ point range by the Wine Spectator.
Quantities
are very limited!
Wines
Produced:
Michel
Coutoux Meursault Les Narvaux
Michel Coutoux Neursault 1er Charmes
Michel Coutoux Meursault 1er Perrieres
Michel Coutoux Meursault 1er Genevrieres
Michel Coutoux Puligny Montrachet
Michel Coutoux Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Refrets
Michel Coutoux Chassagne Montrachet 1er Chenevottes
Michel Coutoux Chassagne Montrachet 1er Maltroie
Michel Coutoux Chassagne Montrachet 1er Morgeot
Michel Coutoux Santenay 1er La Comme
Michel Coutoux Montrachet Grand Cru |
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