Domaine François Lumpp Givry "Clos des Vignes Rondes" dry white 2022

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Domaine François Lumpp Givry "Clos des Vignes Rondes" dry white 2022

RVF Guide to the Best Wines of France 2025 (August 2024): 92/100 RVF. Clos des Vignes Rondes, taut and understated, very juicy, right into its saline finish.

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

Grape variety: chardonnay
Area: 0.57 Ha
Orientation: southeast (370 m)
Terroir: Lower Bathonian: oolitic limestones and sublithographic limestones.

Some words about the 2022 vintage: A vintage welcomed with joy where both quality AND quantity are present. It is a sunny year marked by cool nights with little rain, except for thunderstorms at the end of June with good accumulations. This allowed the harvest to reach optimal maturity despite the drought. The harvest took place from August 25 to September 2, always under the sun with perfect sanitary conditions. The result is a brilliant vintage, both white and red, sharing a beautiful freshness and alcohol levels not exceeding 13°. The chardonnays develop aromas of white flowers, citrus, and fine reduction that we seek to preserve. The pinot noirs, on the other hand, have aromas of red fruits, small berries, combining freshness and concentration. The yields are good, 50 hL/ha for chardonnays and 40 hL/ha for pinot noirs.

Our vision of the profession: Having the chance to have beautiful terroirs at our disposal, we have combined them with a qualitative grape variety and rigorous vineyard and soil work.
We have chosen an advanced reasoned viticulture: abandonment of chemical weeding since 1995, with soil work (tilling, light hilling, inter-row cultivation…) to control the various weeds that grow in our vineyards and to avoid compaction. The number of treatments and the choice of vine protection products depend mainly on the rainfall of the current year. We generally start with approved treatments in organic viticulture (copper/sulfur) to prevent the appearance of various diseases. If the pressure from these becomes too great, we choose conventional treatments to reduce the number of passes that the use of organic products would entail to ensure good sanitary conditions for the vine and grapes.
Green harvesting is sometimes necessary to limit yields and achieve a quality harvest.
For the same purpose and to combat wood diseases, we changed our pruning system in 2013.
The grapes are hand-harvested and meticulously sorted in the vineyard by the harvesters and then on a sorting table to ensure the quality of the wine regardless of the vintage.

The work in the cellar follows the continuity of the vineyard work, as simply as possible, with the aim of letting the terroir express itself. The oak barrel aging has been adjusted over the years by François with a portion of new barrels, and one and two-wine barrels.

The wines remain in barrels for about 12 months. They are then racked, filtered, and bottled after tasting and in accordance with the lunar calendar. A resting period between each step allows the wine to be appreciated under the best conditions right from bottling.