The parcel
Clay-limestone; plot placed on a rocky slope made up of limestone and a little clay. It is a fresh, bright and airy microclimate exposed to the South-East. Vineyard: Average age: 45 years, 10,000 vines/ha. Grape variety: Pinot noir fine type, quality rootstock 161-49. Culture: Sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Winemaking & ageing
Sorted whole bunches, without SO2, with punch-downs twice a day for 2.5 weeks. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation in Burgundy barrels. Ageing: 17 months on the lees, under reductive conditions, without racking, with lees stirring and no SO2.
Tasting notes
It is a quiet strength; its power is elegance. This wine is an opera of flavors and scents: fruity, oriental, spicy. It is vibrant, precise, harmonious and racy. A few years in the cellar will allow it to display all its complexity.
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