Domain Hubert Lamy Criots Batard Montrachet Haute Densité 2019 Bottle (75cl)
The 2019 Domaine Hubert Lamy Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Haute Densité is a white Burgundy wine from the Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet grand cru in the Chassagne-Montrachet appellation. This Haute Densité cuvée is made from 100% Chardonnay. The Wine Advocate awards it 100/100 and recommends drinking between 2033 and 2065. The review describes a deep and multidimensional white wine, concentrated, structured by a chalky backbone and vibrant acidity, with a long and persistent finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Hubert Lamy
- Parcelle / Cru
- Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet
- Cuvée
- Haute Densité
- Millésime
- 2019
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Hubert Lamy
Domaine Hubert Lamy is a family-run estate based in Saint-Aubin, in the Côte de Beaune. Run by Olivier Lamy and his wife Karine, it cultivates 18.5 hectares spread across Saint-Aubin, Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay. Chardonnay accounts for around 80 per cent of its production, and the plots are vinified and matured separately.
- Owner
- Karine et Olivier Lamy
- Maître de chais
- Olivier Lamy
- Surface (ha)
- 18.50 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 100 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Lamy family has been established in the Saint-Aubin vineyards since 1640. Hubert Lamy founded the estate under his own name in 1973. In the 1990s, the estate expanded through the purchase, lease and planting of new plots. Some of the vines were then replanted with Chardonnay in areas considered more favourable to this grape variety. Olivier Lamy joined the family estate in 1995, after studying oenology and gaining experience at other estates. He now runs the estate with his wife Karine, who is responsible for management, marketing and accounts. The vineyard now covers 18.5 hectares, mainly in Saint-Aubin, with plots also located in Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay. Olivier Lamy oversees the vineyard work and winemaking, with each plot being vinified and then matured separately. Both the white and red wines are bottled after 24 months’ ageing, depending on the estate’s website.
Haute Densité
"Haute Densité" identifies several distinct cuvées from the estate, notably Derrière chez Edouard, Les Tremblots, and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. They originate from sections of their respective climats planted or replanted at a density higher than the Burgundian norm and vinified separately. Therefore, this represents a family of parcel cuvées rather than the name of a single plot or appellation.
- Origin of the cuvée name
- The term "Haute Densité" refers to the exceptionally high planting density of the separately vinified vine sections.
- Cuvée creation year
- 2006
- Style of the cuvée
- White wines generally characterized by high concentration of extract, a pronounced mineral structure, vibrant acidity, and great length, while maintaining precision and balance. Their exact expression remains tied to their climat of origin.
- Position within the range
- Rare and prestigious micro-cuvées, positioned at the very pinnacle of the estate's white wine range.
Histoire de la cuvée
Olivier Lamy initiated his first high-density planting trials in Derrière chez Edouard in the early 2000s, drawing inspiration from the planting densities practiced in Burgundy before phylloxera. A professional vertical tasting documents Derrière chez Edouard Haute Densité starting from the 2006 vintage. The principle was subsequently applied to sections of Les Tremblots and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, resulting in separate bottlings bearing the same designation.
Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet
A very small climat in the Côte de Beaune, exclusively located in Chassagne-Montrachet. It forms the production area for the AOC Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet, reserved for white wines made exclusively from Chardonnay. Its productive surface area was 1.57 ha in 2022.
- Vineyard commune
- Chassagne-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- Origin not established with certainty. A local tradition mentions the patois pun "a crio l'Bâtard" ("he's crying, the bastard"), but this explanation is legendary.
- Exposure
- south
- Altitude
- 240–250 m
- Slope
- gentle slope with a slight incline
- Soil
- Thin layer of clayey colluvium rich in limestone pebbles
- Subsoil and geology
- Flagstone limestone from the Middle Jurassic, Callovian stage
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.050000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2014
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner since 2014, after farming under a leasehold agreement since 1955
- Indicative vine age
- Original vines planted in 1975, then replanted at high density starting in 2001.
Histoire de la parcelle
The Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet appellation was initially recognized by decree on June 13, 1939. The delimited parcel area was approved by the INAO on June 14 and 15, 1988. The BIVB identifies "Les Criots" as the sole climat of this appellation.
