Overall Domaine Florent Garaudet has a high average age on its vines. The Bourgogne rouge vines are 60 years old. Monthelie village 50 years. Monthelie premier cru Les Riottes 60 years. The Bourgogne blanc vines are slightly younger, 36 years old.
Varietal/Blend: Pinot Noir
Vineyard Area: Monthelie "Vieilles Vignes" is drawn from three parcels amounting to 1 hectare of vines planted in 1976. Among Garaudet's holdings is a plot in Les Toisières. This lieu-dit abuts Meursault Premier Cru Les Caillerets where Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are classified as a first growth. The soils are of clay-limestone loam composition over a limestone substrate.
Soil: Clay-limestone loam over limestone bedrock
Elevation: 280 meters
Exposure: South
Vinification: Grapes are harvested by hand, carried to the winery and completely destemmed before a 20-day maceration, during which, punching of the cap is performed once or twice daily. After a gentle press of the grapes, the must ferments in stainless tank and later racked to French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and maturation.
Maturation: 12 months (30% new oak) - 'I use the 400-litre barrels because the ratio between volume and oak is interesting. The wine reacts with the new oak more slowly and you get a wine that is less marked by new oak.'