The parcel
Made up of a blend of vines named “Coutières” and “Les Maréchaudes”. The clay-limestone soil is located halfway up the Corton hill and exposed to the South-East. The clay mixes with a soil rich in pebbles. Vineyard: Vineyard: Average age: 50 years, 10,000 vines/ha. Yield: 32 hl/ha. Grape variety: Pinot noir fine type, quality rootstock 161-49. Culture: Sustainable and environmentally friendly culture.
Winemaking & ageing
Sorted whole bunches, without SO2, with punch-downs twice a day for 2 weeks. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, without artificial temperature control. Malolactic fermentation in Burgundy barrels. Ageing: 16 months on the lees in Burgundy barrels, under reductive conditions, without racking, with lees stirring and no SO2.
Tasting notes
Fleshy and elegant wine. It is slightly spicy, fruity (blackberries) with floral scents (violets). It is a complex and consensual wine which will improve with age.
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