Winemaker Notes
The grapes are sourced from clay and limestone vineyards located throughout the Côte de Nuits, including Marsannay, Côtes de Nuits Villages, and oldest vines in Premeaux-Prissey. The name of the cuvée refers to the latitude of the Burgundy Cote d’Or region.
This is both a serious wine and a serious value for Bourgogne Rouge. The pedigree of fruit shows clearly, with a deep, intense core of blue and blackberry fruits from the Premeaux-Prissey side, while the Marsannay and other components produce a vivid core of earth, forest floor, and spices. Lots of acidity keeps the wine very fresh, yet this is also a soft, easy-drinking Bourgogne Rouge, perfect for more youthful enjoyment.
Celebrated as some of the best wine in the universe, red wine from Burgundy, otherwise known as red Burgundy, is Pinot noir. In fact Burgundy is the birthplace of Pinot noir and the source of the planet’s most sensual, delicate, valuable and sought-after Pinot noir wines.
Understanding and enjoying red Burgundy can stay simple, with a basic knowledge of its subregions, become more intricate by dialing down to the villages and vineyards or become a life-long passion, exploring climats (plots of vines), vintages and the post French Revolution land ownership laws. In any case, a fine red Burgundy will display refined nuances of black currant, red fruit, earth, spice, alluring floral aromatics and have great elegance, complexity and longevity.
Most famous, praised and collected of Burgunday are those from the Côte d'Or. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the area now called Côte d'Or was under a warm ocean whose sea floor has, over time, shifted and decomposed into various layers of limestone, sandstone and clay interspersed with ancient fossilized sea creatures. This is what is referred to as the famous escarpment upon which all of the highly sought-after Grands Crus and Premiers Crus vineyards can be found. In other words, from north to south, the best vineyards of Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée, Flagey-Echezeaux, Nuits-St-Georges, Aloxe-Corton, Pommard and Volnay follow the path of this ancient sea bed.