Domaine Amiot Servelle Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses 2022 Bottle (75cl)
The 2022 Domaine Amiot Servelle Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir in the Chambolle-Musigny appellation. This cuvée comes from the Les Amoureuses climat, where the estate's parcel is located below Les Musigny, in the upper and northern part of the appellation. Farmed organically, it is aged for approximately 18 months in French oak barrels, of which 50% are new. The estate describes the soil as very limestone-rich, stony, slightly silty, and shallow.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chambolle Musigny
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Amiot Servelle
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Amoureuses
- Millésime
- 2022
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Amiot Servelle
Domaine Amiot-Servelle is a family-run estate in Chambolle-Musigny, in the heart of the Côte de Nuits. It cultivates 8 hectares, mainly in the commune of Chambolle-Musigny, supplemented by plots in Morey-Saint-Denis and Gevrey-Chambertin. Certified as an organic wine estate since 2008, it is now run by Prune and Antoine Amiot.
- Owner
- Prune et Antoine Amiot
- Maître de chais
- Prune Amiot
- Surface (ha)
- 8.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 30 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s origins date back to the 1920s, when Clément Tachot began cultivating a few vines in Chambolle-Musigny. In the 1950s, his daughter Cécile Tachot and her husband Jean Servelle took over the business and established Domaine Servelle-Tachot. Christian Amiot, from a family of winegrowers in Morey-Saint-Denis and husband of Élisabeth Servelle, joined the estate in 1980. Following the death of Jean Servelle in 1989, Christian and Élisabeth took over the estate, which was then renamed Amiot-Servelle. The estate switched its vineyards to organic farming in 2003 and obtained AB certification in 2008. In 2010, it expanded to include around one hectare of family-owned vineyards in Morey-Saint-Denis and Gevrey-Chambertin, notably comprising plots in Clos Saint-Denis and Charmes-Chambertin. Prune Amiot, who graduated with a degree in oenology in 2004, returned to work at the estate in 2011 after gaining several years’ professional experience. Antoine Amiot subsequently joined the business, and the two siblings have since taken over the management of the estate. Prune Amiot is responsible for winemaking. A new cellar and vinification facility, to be used from the 2022 harvest onwards, will allow for greater use of gravity in the winemaking process.
Les Amoureuses
Les Amoureuses is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the AOC Chambolle-Musigny, located immediately below the Musigny grand cru. Its morphology is heterogeneous: an upper southeastern-facing appendage precedes a main section curving from southeast to south, where the slope softens significantly towards the bottom. The shallow clay soil rests on a compact limestone substrate. The geology varies with altitude, with Calcaire de Comblanchien dominating in the upper two-thirds, while the lower third rests on Calcaire de Prémeaux and Marnes à Ostrea acuminata.
- Vineyard commune
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Origin of the vineyard name
- According to the BIVB, the name likely comes from the Burgundian expression describing as "amoureuse" (amorous) a clayey soil that sticks to one's feet when wet. Other interpretations exist, without absolute etymological certainty.
- Exposure
- Southeast in the upper northwestern part, then orientation curving progressively from
- Altitude
- 240–275 m
- Slope
- Around 5% in the upper appendage; up to about 20% at the top of the main section
- Soil
- Shallow clay layer, described as sticky when wet, resting on very compact limestone
- Subsoil and geology
- About the upper two-thirds on Calcaire de Comblanchien; lower third on Calcaire de Prémeaux and Marnes à Ostrea acuminata
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.450000 ha
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Amoureuses was already listed among the "first cuvées" of Chambolle in Jules Lavalle's classification published in 1855, right after Musigny and Petits-Musigny classified as head of cuvée. The AOC Chambolle-Musigny was recognized by decree on September 11, 1936. The specific parcel area granting the right to the Premier Cru designation was approved by the INAO on June 1 and 2, 1988, and the official specifications explicitly cite Les Amoureuses among the classified climats.
