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Bourgogne rouge

Tasting notes
Fine crimson colour.
Intense nose of raspberries and puréed strawberries.
In the mouth, excellent structure with smooth and silky tannins. A rich, full-bodied wine with a long finish.
Ideally drunk at 2-8 years.
Terroir
Quaternary limestone-clay soil (Middle Bathonian)
Exposure: west
Altitude: 260 m
Slop: 5%
Culture
Grape variety: Pinot Noir
Planting density: 8,000 vines per hectare
Picking by hand
Soil working
Vinification
Grapes sorting first on a vibrating table and then on a hand-sorting table.
100% de-stemming before vatting.
Vinification in open wooden vats with cap-punching morning and evening.
Vatting lasts 13 days, followed by pressing.
Malolactic fermentation takes place in oak barrels for 40% of the cuvée and the remaining 60% in closed wooden vats.
After 8 months' elevage in wood, the wine is racked, lightly filtered and bottled. No finings.

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