THE LIEU-DIT ~ Corne Bautray – steep slope at the top of the hill facing south-west THE SOIL ~ Top layer with millstone grit gravel over clayey marl, followed by Campanian chalk THE VINE ~ 9.000 Chardonnay vines planted on 1 ha 00 in 1960 ~ Chablis pruning, cover-cropping between rows, no fertilizer THE YEAR ~ A warm and sunny summer, with cool nights, resulting in a generally dry year, very similar to 1976 THE GRAPES ~ Harvested on 18th of September 2002. 11°1 alc. 7,5 gr/l acidity THE WINE ~ Vinified in a 40 hl oak cask, lees stirring, total malolactic fermentation, 2 rackings before bottling without filtration on 3rd June 2003 ~ 4.684 bottles and 306 magnums ~ 8 years on the lees before disgorgement on 9th February 2011 ~ No dosage