Winemaker Notes
The color is a ruby that is sustained and deep. On the nose, ripe red fruit, spicy imprint, lightly roasted. The evolution in the bottle brings a complex bouquet carried on floral notes of red flowers. A fresh palate, a very nice volume of fruit in attack. In the middle of the mouth a sustained and well distributed tannic structure. The finish shows a beautiful freshness and a consistent aromatic in retro-olfaction.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A bit subdued now, but this has been made for longer aging and is still in an early phase of its development. Plenty of blackberry and black cherry fruit is wrapped around the ample fine tannins. The long, well-structured finish suggests this has many years of life ahead of it. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Bordering the most famous villages of the Côte de Nuits are the vineyards captured by the Côte de Nuits Villages name, which are essentially the vineyards within the commune appellation status. Wines from Fixin, Brochon, Prémeaux, Comblanchien and Corgoloin may be sold as Côte de Nuits-Villages. Typically these are red wines but whites can also hold the name.
Reds, exclusively of Pinot Noir, veer towards an intense garnet hue with characteristics of cherry, gooseberry or blackcurrant with notes of underbrush, wet earth and baking spices. Whites, made from Chardonnay, are fragrant, lively and fresh on the palate with apple, pear, fig or quince flavors.