Nuits Saint-Georges Vieilles Vignes

APPELLATION
Nuits-Saint-Georges    

GRAPE VARIETY
100% Pinot Noir  

ALCOHOL LEVEL
13%  

BOTTLE SIZE
750 ml 

VINIFICATION + AGEING
Grapes were picked from a tiny 0.67 hectares old vine parcel on September 21st. They were hand sorted and only partially destemmed and crushed before being transferred to stainless steel tanks. Fermentation started spontaneously and lasted three weeks during which light pumpovers and hand plunging were done. The wine was pressed and transferred to barrels (20% new) for MLF and 14 months ageing. The wine was bottled without fining / filtering on January 15th 2016.  

SOIL TYPE  
Limestone and clay with east exposure and 270 meters average elevation  

VINEYARD TRAINING & MANAGEMENT  
Guyot – Sustainable viticulture  

VINE AGE
45 to 54 years old  

PLANTING DENSITY
10,000 vines/Ha  

YIELD
49 Hectolitre/Ha   

THE ESTATE

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