Emmanuel Giboulot

In the center of Beaune is located the vigneron Emmanuel Giboulot which start his activity in 1985 with 0.8 hectare of vines.... Currently his properties is close to 10 hectares with an interesting part in the appellation Cote de Beaune which is related only in the Beaune commune.
An area of 15.53 hectare dedicated to red wine and 13.73 to white wines. Beaune commune is close to 400 hectares.
This appellation also don't need to be confused with the Cote de Beaune villages which cover all the Communes in the Cote de Beaune.
Emmanuel since he started has been farming with organic principles, famous his battle in 2012 when he refuse to spray a compulsory treatment for the flavescense doree, which give him quite some trouble with the French law.

We visite his small cave in July, he was very welcoming and dedicate to us half morning tasting through barrels the vintage 2017 in the different climat and commune.

We start with Pinot Beurot which is a mutated clone of the Pinot Noir, genetically similar in flavour but not in colour, a white wine.
Lovely acidity with ample nose from exotic fruit and yeast characteristic.
The next barrels was a white Pommard Chardonnay with an incredible salinity and tight acidity.
La Grande Chatelaine from the Cote de Beaune vilage was very tight and closed but with lots of substance.
We also taste in bottle his Macon project in the village of Uchizy, unfortunately in the last terrible vintages in Burgundy many producer to pay the bill needs to invest in other appellation and make wine under Negociants or metayage agreement.

The red we tasted Terre Bourgogne a 0.8 hectare on marne de Bresse substrate under clay and fine limestone mixture.
A Saint Romain with 100 years old vines on clay and limestone soil very mineral with ample nose and dry savoury palate... Ver very good wine

Emmanuel has been certified Ecocert from 1970 this was when his father was making the wine, later in 1996 a biodynamic certification arrive under the French association Biodyvin.

The Cave are situated below his winery with the fermenation part outside with concrete tanks, fiberglass and steel.

                                                      A Morgon from him in this concrete tank.

The wines of Emmanuel are all center in the freshness of the acidity, structure minerality with savoury element with tension and vertically complexity with no new oak.


At the end of the visit we tasted a chardonnay from the 90 blind and it was a fantastic experience.
Only indigenous yeast is used in production, the farming and the vinification is based on  of the biodynamic lunar calendar. He does not stir the lees, and prefers the wine to reach its own level of quality with minimum intervention. He even uses a mechanical screw press rather than a pneumatic equivalent.
As a result of this care and attention to wines and principles, Giboulot’s wines are balanced, precise and elegant.

Raf 
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Phone +61 478038636



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