Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Terre de Sienne

Domaine Dame Jeanne

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Domaine Dame Jeanne - Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Terre de Sienne

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Coteaux Bourguignons

Variety

90% Pinot Noir
10% Gamay

Even though the vineyards of the Chatillonais are famous for sparkling wine, as they are so close to Champagne, Jeanne Piollot was quickly entranced by the potential to produce great still wines from these vineyards which are, after all, in Burgundy. The Terre de Sienne is a field blend of 90% Pinot Noir and 10% Gamay from the red marl terroir, vinified on site with a light touch and an exceptional result.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

La Grande Côte

Soil type

Oxfordian red marl

Vineyard size0.30 hectares

PruningGuyot

Altitude400m

Vinification

Natural yeast fermentation in used barrels, with 70% destemmed and 30% whole bunches, with 8 days of maceration

ElevageOn the lees for 9 months in stainless steel tanks

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringUnfined and unfiltered

More about
the producer

Domaine Dame Jeanne

Founded in 2017

2.3 hectares

Jeanne Piollot grew up at the southern edge of Champagne in the Aube, closer to Burgundy than to the Côte des Blancs or Reims. Working side by side out of the same domaine, her parents created two separate ranges of Champagnes: Piollot Père et Fille, which comes from vineyards on her father’s side, and Marie Courtin, which comes from her mother’s family vineyards.

And so it’s only natural that Jeanne would collaborate with her parents under the same umbrella to create her own label, Dame Jeanne. With the prohibitive rise of Champagne prices over the last generation, acquiring new vines in Champagne seemed elusive, but the family decided to purchase a small domaine in Molesme, just 20 kilometers away over the border into Burgundy. By law, the wines have to be vinified and...