Tasting Note

"Such a brilliant bottle of wine - red berries abound with subtle cherry fruit, a lovely raspberry freshness and then long, lingering nudges of cocoa. A great wine now or in 10 years"

Producer

Bernard Bouvier has 17 hectares under vine in and around Gevrey, Fixin and Marsannay – where he is president of the local syndicate. He has now moved to, and recently extended, state-of-the-art cellars just north of Gevrey and the quality of his wines is now absolute top division. Vines average 50 years old. Yields are extremely low and the domaine is run on organic principles. Everything is hand picked and Bernard is increasingly employing a higher percentage of whole bunches. Fermentation of the reds involves a long, cold maceration and a gentle extraction – what Bernard calls an infusion. About one third new barrels are used. They are bottled without fining or filtration and are fine, pure, concentrated and subtle.

_{Country: France | Region: Burgundy | Alcohol: TBC | Grapes: Pinot Noir | Organic Principles}