Domaine Gilbert & Philippe Germain - Hautes-Côtes de Beaune rouge Vieilles Vignes

Hautes-Côtes de Beaune rouge Vieilles Vignes

REGION: Burgundy
APPELLATION: AOC Hautes-Côtes de Beaune
LOCATION: In Marlot
PLACE OF PRODUCTION: Municipality of Nantoux
SURFACE AREA: 25a
EXPOSITION: West
SOIL: Clay and limestone
GRAPE: Pinot Noir, selection from a 90-year-old plot.
TRAINING SYSTEM: short pruning in Guyot mixed with Cordon de Royat pruning
YEARS THE VINES WERE PLANTED: 1920
WINEMAKING: Manual harvest. Systematic crushing and destemming of the harvest.
Cold maceration for 6 days under a bio-protection cover then alcoholic fermentation maintained at 30 ° C for 15 days.
Reassembly in the morning then one or even two punching downs per day.
Filling into casks by gravity and aging in oak barrels of French origin for 12 months. Proportion of 20% new barrels.
TASTING: A more racy Hautes-Côtes, more typified by aging in wood and the more fleshy material of the selection of aged vines. A lower acidity adjusts a more dense and supple juice than the traditional cuvée.
SERVE WITH: beautiful white meat in a creamy sauce.
SERVE AT: 17/18 ° C
CELLARING POTENTIAL: 3 and 10 years.