Domaine François de Givry

France - 

Borgogna CĂ´te de Beaune - 

Cheilly-les-Maranges 

Auxey Duresses Les Riames Monopole

100% Chardonnay

Production area: 'Les Riames' vineyard at an altitude of 380 metres

Terrain: calcareo-marnosi, in pendenza con esposizione a sud o sud-est

Harvest: manual

Vinification: slow and gentle pressing

Refinement: in used barrels for a long period

Color: bright straw yellow

Flavor: mineral notes, precise and light

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Auxey Duresses Les Riames Monopole

Domaine François de Givry
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THE COMPANY

The Domaine was born, thanks to François de Givry, with the acquisition of two parcels in Auxey-Duresses, but the decisive factor was the meeting with Anne-Claude Leflaive, who steered the domaine towards biodynamic viticulture but, above all, offered the possibility of vinifying the grapes produced at Domaine Leflaive. Les Riames consists of two sloping plots facing south/southeast on a predominantly marl-limestone soil. With a total area of just over half a hectare, it constitutes the smallest monopole in the CĂ´te de Beaune, a little gem whose virgin soils have always remained uncultivated. The extreme attention to the soil, which is worked with the horse, the respect for nature’s cycles that dictate interventions, and the use of minimal doses of sulfur and copper makes François de Givry a perfect interpreter of this small appellation.