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Michel
Niellon, who began working with his father Marcel in the 1950’s, has crafted
more than 50 vintages of extraordinary wines. The father-son team began
domaine-bottling in the 1960’s and soon after, their 4-hectare estate was
considered one of the very best in the village. Since 1991, Michel has shared
vineyard and winemaking duties with his son-in-law, Michel Coutoux. Recently,
Michel’s grandson Mathieu Bresson joined the winery as well. Today the winery
has 7.5 hectares of vines, all in Chassagne-Montrachet. “We plow the vineyards
for weed control and don’t use herbicides. For pest and mildew control, we
practice lutte raisonnee,” explains Coutoux. Niellon does not like to wait too
long before harvesting the grapes: it is preferable, he says to pick earlier
rather than later. “We take acidity into consideration first. Often we are the
first in the village to pick at harvest time,” Niellon. Fermentations happen
spontaneously in stainless steel tanks. After the primary fermentation, the
wine is moved to barrels for malolactic and aging. About 25% of the barrels are
new and the total amount of new oak ranges from 20-30% depending on the cuvee.
Niellon is a benchmark producer in the village of Chassagne and the wines have
a classic style, expressing the terroir of each vineyard, striking a balance of
crisp minerality with rich and ripe fruit.
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