This wine has a striking and vivid color - a luminous scarlet, introducing aromas of black fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry) and red (cherry, gooseberry), as well as humus and underbrush. When older, it is redolent of truffle, leather, and spices. In youth, it charms the palate with the taste of crunchy fresh grape. Firm, upright and full of juice, it evolves with time, revealing a solid and absolutely convincing structure.
Variety : Pinot noir
Color : Red
Appelation : Beaune Les Blanches Fleurs
Maturation : Between 10-20 years
Serving suggestions : Fleshy and generous, the Beaunes reveal great aromatic power andsolid texture which inevitably partner them with musky and very firm meats such as feathered game, roasted or braised. Cheeses: choose Époisses, Soumaintrain, Munster, Maroilles.
Serving temperature : 15 to 16 °C.
Vinification : After a rigorous selection process, the grapes are put in fermenting tanks without pumping. The “cuvaison” is fairly long – between 18-21 days – during which the wine is pumped over or has the cap punched down at least twice daily to extract color, tannins and aromas. After pressing, the wine is cooled and allowed to settle for 3-4 days. It is put in small oak barrels – of which a quarter are new – by gravity, with a fair amount of fine lies to feed the wine during maturation. After maturing for 18-20 months, the wine is carefully racked off and assembled for bottling without fining or filtration.
