2021 Jean-Pierre Guyon Morey-Saint-Denis La Bidaude

France / Burgundy / Cote de Nuits / Morey-Saint-Denis Village Blanc
 
Jean-Pierre Guyon Morey-St-Denis La Bidaude Blanc presents itself with a colour of a clear and scintillating white gold, tipped with greener tints. The bouquet draws together hawthorn, lemonbalm, juicy pear, and hazelnut along with wood notes such as oak essence, and toast. The palate is streamlined and structured. The balance is perfect with an admirable elegance driving this cuvée.
 
La Bidaude is a vineyard situated in Morey-Saint-Denis above the Clos des Lambrays between Les Larrets and Larrey Froid. This name could be signified by two explanations.
In the first La Bidaude would signify, in old French, a girl or young woman boisterously drunk. Did this plot belong to one such?
The second option would be to associate La Bidaude with hunting à la billebaude, which is hunting by one man and his dog. Perhaps this place was once a hunting spot?

Ready to drink after three to four years or put it away for up to 10-12 years (depending on the vintage).
 
Grape: Chardonnay.
Surface area: 25 ares.
Soil: Clay-limestone.
Age of the vines: 35 years.
Pruning: Guyot.

Jean-Pierre Guyon and Michel Guyon took over the Domaine Guyon from their father since 1991. The domaine Jean-Pierre Guyon moved towards organic viticulture during the 2000s. To bring clarity to the techniques of viticulture and vinification, they engaged in the process of ECOCERT accreditation in 2009, becoming certified in 2012.