Bourgogne Pinot Noir Les Vaux

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Bourgogne

Variety

100% 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 agePlanted in 1960s
ExpositionSouth - Southeast exposure
Vinification

Grapes are 15% destemmed and 85% whole cluster. Fermentation in tanks over 15 to 18 days, 1-2 daily pumpovers; 1-2 punchdowns during fermentation which happens without yeast, blending of free flowing and press juices, barrel filled up with fine lees, malolactic fermentation in barrel.

ElevageAgeing for 18 months in 1-5 wines barrels.
Harvest typeHand Harvested