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CÔTE-DE-NUITS-VILLAGES 2024

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2024

Varietal

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 : 2024

The year 2024 in Burgundy was marked by extreme climatic conditions, with an excess of rainfall and a significant deficit of sunshine.

These factors favored a strong pressure of diseases, notably downy mildew, complicating the work of the winegrowers. The episodes of frost and hail also caused important damage, particularly in regions like Chablis and the Auxerrois.

The yields were strongly impacted, with decreases going up to 70% in certain areas. The Côte Chalonnaise resisted better, recording more limited losses. Globally, the volumes are well below the usual average, which recalls the difficult harvests of 2021. The harvest, late, required a rigorous sorting to preserve the quality.

Despite the challenges, the harvested grapes reached a beautiful maturity thanks to a sunny period in September. The reds distinguish themselves by their richness and their concentration, comparable to great vintages like 2010. The whites, elegant, recall those of 2022.

The first tastings reveal promising wines, with concentrated aromas and a beautiful structure. This vintage, although quantitatively limited, promises to be a qualitative success.