Bourgogne Pinot Noir Les Vaux

Domaine Rougeot Père et Fils

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Bourgogne

Variety

Pinot Noir

'Les Vaux is a single-vineyard plot of Bourgogne Pinot Noir located in Meursault close to the town center. Like all of the Pinot at Domaine Rougeot, the fruit is vinified whole cluster with no added SO2. Les Vaux has the classic structure and savory flavor of the Côte-d'Or. This wine is excellent for enjoying in its youth.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Les Vaux

Soil type

Clay-limestone

Vine age1960s

ExpositionSouth / Southeast

Vinification

Fruit is handpicked and 100% whole-cluster fermented in tanks for 15 to 18 days. Fermentation takes place with native yeast and no added sulfur. The juice is then blended and transferred to barrel with its fine lees for malolactic fermentation and élevage.

Elevage8-10 months

Harvest typeHand Harvested

More about
the producer

Domaine Rougeot Père et Fils

Founded in 1970s

13 hectares

In the center of Meursault village, Pierre-Henri Rougeot has been quietly producing impeccable, minimal intervention, low-sulfur wines since he returned to the family domaine in 2010. The 18th century stone cellar was originally built for the Hospices de Beaune to press fruit from the adjacent orchards, and was purchased Pierre-Henri’s great-great-grandfather in the 19th century. Today, the orchards have been transformed into an elegant garden and stamp-sized monopole vineyard, and the cellar has been renovated to comfortably hold two vintages from Rougeot’s 13 hectares of vines in and around Meursault.

Pierre-Henri’s experience traveling throughout France gives him a unique vision that hews strongly to Burgundian tradition, marked by a soft touch inspired by the vins na...