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<h1>Bourgogne CHANSON Père & Fils</h1> <h2>Depuis 1750 à Beaune</h2> <h3>About us</h3> <h3>History</h3>From 1750 The House was founded in 1750 in the reign of Louis XV by Simon Verry. The Cellars are located in the Bastion de L’Oratoire, a look-out and defensive tower built at the end of the 15th century. In the XIX the Chanson Family took control and the company continued to expand under the leadership of Alexis Chanson. The Chanson family already owned a large Domaine located across Beaune, Savigny les Beaune and Pernand Vergelesses which was added to the company’s assets, thus giving it a new dimension. Chanson survived the Phylloxera crisis and continued to increase the size of their holdings The future In 1999 Chanson was bought by the Family Champagne Group Societé Jacques Bollinger. This Group is home to several prestigious Family Wine Houses and Estates each of which is of huge quality: Bollinger and Ayala in Champagne, Langlois-Chateau in the Loire Valley, and Delamain in Cognac. A new team, with broad experience of prestigious Domaines of the Côte de Beaune and the Côte de Nuits, is engineering a dedicated quality policy. This guarantees the authenticity of the terroir, by forging a close partnership with the best growers of Burgundy who supply their grapes. <h3>Know How</h3>Vineyards The Chanson estate produces over a quarter of its own fruit requirements. The other grapes are sourced from growers selected according to their commitment to quality in alignment with Chanson’s quality Charter. Individual plot selection produces fruit which also remains separate through the fermentation and ageing processes. The soil is ploughed to encourage the vines to extend their roots more deeply and therefore better express the typicity of the Terroir. All the grapes are hand-picked at optimum maturity Vinification Chardonnay : Pneumatic pressing with removal of the first and last pressings; only the heart of the Cuvée is kept (160 kg = 1 hl). Fermentation in oak casks at a strictly controlled low temperatures (18°). Pinot Noir : Grapes enter the fermentation vats in whole bunches for improved temperature control, gradual release of the sugars, and a more refined tannic structure. Cold pre-fermentation maceration is followed by a long alcoholic fermentation for greater depth and expression of the wine’s structural elements.  <a href="index.php">Bienvenue</a> <a href="actualite.php">Actualités</a> <a href="contacts-fr.php">Contacts</a> <a href="galerie-images.php">Galerie d'Images</a> <a href="nos-vins.php">Nos Vins</a> <a href="notre-domaine.php">Notre Domaine</a> <a href="presentation-fr.php">Présentation</a>  <a href="index.php">Welcome</a> <a href="news.php">News</a> <a href="contacts-uk.php">Contacts</a> <a href="image-gallery.php">Image Gallery</a> <a href="our-wines.php">Our Wines</a> <a href="our-domaine.php">Our Domaine</a> <a href="about-us.php">About us</a>  <a href="index.php">Willkommen</a> <a href="aktuelles.php">Aktuelles</a> <a href="prasentation.php">Präsentation</a> <a href="unser-weingut.php">Unser Weingut</a> <a href="unsere-weine.php">Unsere Weine</a> <a href="bildergalerie.php">Bildergalerie</a> <a href="kontakt.php">Kontakt</a>  <a href="../pages_jp/index.php">シャンソンについて</a> <a href="../pages_jp/news.php">ニュース</a> <a href="../pages_jp/contacts.php">連絡先</a> <a href="../pages_jp/image-gallery.php">イメージ・ギャラリー</a> <a href="../pages_jp/our-wines.php">シャンソンのワイン</a> <a href="../pages_jp/our-domaine.php">シャンソンの自社畑</a> <a href="../pages_jp/about-us.php">シャンソンについて</a> <a href='http://www.vinium.com' target='_blank' title='Webdesign' >Webdesign</a>