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CÔTE-DE-NUITS-VILLAGES 2022

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2022

Varietal

100% Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes

Colour: Dark ruby .

Nose: Red and black fruit, liquorice and vegetal aromas (undergrowth, mushroom).

Palate: Complex, this is a supple, fairly full-bodied wine. Ripe fruit and gamey aromas develop with age.

Food and wine pairing

This wine will be a great companion to eggs or red meat with a Bourgogne Pinot Noir sauce, grilled lamb cutlets, donkey sausage, beef roast, poultry gizzards in salad or a good camembert cheese.

Serving suggestions

Serve at a temperature of 15-16°C (60°F).

Ageing potential

This wine can be enjoyed now, but can be kept for 5 to 10 years.

Origins

This village appellation is divided into two parts: one to the north, in the communes of Fixin and Brochon; the other, further south, in the villages of Premeaux-Prissey, Comblanchien and Corgoloin. Corgoloin thus marks the border between the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune vineyards.

It covers 165 hectares, with only 10 hectares planted with white grapes.

The slopes of Comblanchien and Corgoloin are cut into the hard limestone of the Upper Bathonian. They do not rest on the edge of the plateau but follow a regular, gentle slope. At the top are brown soils with little limestone. Thick scree forms the slope. At the base of the hillside, brown soils cover the accumulated silts. Fixin and Brochon, on the other hand, lie on the brown-red soil of the foothills: silt that has come down from the slopes and is mixed with limestone pebbles.

Vinification and maturing

The grapes are collected in small ventilated crates, then painstakingly sorted at a table. Next, the grapes are entirely destemmed but not crushed (they remain whole) and transferred by gravity into a wooden vat. Maceration lasts around 3 weeks, with more-or-less frequent cap punching. The wine is aged for 12 months in oak barrels (20% new oak). Lastly, the wine is bottled with very light filtration.

Vintage : 2022

The Weather: Uncertain conditions, but mild in the end throughout the season!

The harvest, running from 25 August to 16 September. The grapes were beautifully healthy, with varying degrees of ripeness depending on the exposure.

Balanced, honest white wines. Maturing ought to bring just the right degree of roundness to red wines with varying qualities, depending on the maturity of each plot. We have both sophisticated, fruity red wines with a good Burgundy tension as well as rich, warmer ones.

A pleasant vintage in terms of quality with excellent yields for both whites and reds.

The vinification choices have been crucial as to whether to favour acidity or the alcoholic degree.