{"product_id":"alice-olivier-de-moor-chablis-coteau-de-rosette-2023","title":"Alice \u0026 Olivier De Moor Chablis Coteau de Rosette 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRosette is the parcel Alice and Olivier De Moor consider their best, and it is the hardest one they farm. The single hectare faces southeast on a steep hillside in their home village of Courgis, about 7 kilometers southwest of Chablis, with slopes reaching roughly 40 percent. The soil changes as you climb: dense clay with some limestone at the bottom, Kimmeridgian marl through the middle, and thin, eroded material over Portlandian rock at the top. Topsoil is shallow, the fruit ripens slowly, and the slope is often picked in two passes. That spread of soils is why this Chablis white wine carries both the saline cut of Kimmeridgian marl and more layered depth than a typical village bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlice \u0026amp; Olivier De Moor Chablis Coteau de Rosette 2023 is 100 percent Chardonnay from vines the couple planted themselves, beginning in 1989. The fruit is hand-harvested and destemmed, fermented spontaneously, and taken through malolactic. It then spends a year on its lees in a 500-liter demi-muid and a second year in foudre, with no bâtonnage, and is bottled unfiltered with a small sulfur addition. Two years in large wood build texture without oak flavor. In past vintages Rosette has opened slowly from a compact, pure nose into layered depth, carried by juicy acidity to a long finish; expect lemon zest, green apple, white flowers, and crushed stone. Chablis in 2023 saw minor spring frost, a smooth flowering, and scattered summer rain before a September heatwave pushed sugars quickly. Harvest across Chablis began around September 11. The vines set a very large crop, and the best wines came from growers who kept yields in check.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe De Moor story begins with planting, not buying. In 1989 Olivier, working alongside his uncle, planted three Chablis plots in Courgis: Bel-Air, Clardy, and Rosette. He and Alice, both Dijon-trained enologists, held jobs elsewhere until 1994, when they harvested their first crop, kept only a small part of it, leased extra vines in Saint-Bris, and left salaried work. For years they tended other growers' vines to pay the bills. Their aging cellar sits under the house that belonged to Olivier's grandparents. Herbicides were gone by the late 1990s, organic farming followed in 2005, and certification in 2008. More than three decades on, Rosette remains the hillside they planted themselves and the one they rate above the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteam mussels with shallots, white wine, and a fistful of parsley, and the wine's salinity locks onto the broth. Sole meunière with boiled potatoes works because the acidity cuts the brown butter while the fish stays delicate. Crab cakes with a sharp remoulade play the wine's citrus against the sweetness of the crab. Or keep it local: a ripe wedge of Chaource, the creamy cow's milk cheese made a short drive from Chablis, with a baguette. This is the Chablis to open when dinner is a pot of something steaming and the bread is still warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Natural","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68374786572511,"sku":null,"price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/PB060670.jpg?v=1794011262","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/alice-olivier-de-moor-chablis-coteau-de-rosette-2023","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}