Gevrey-Chambertin Mes Favorites
Domaine Alain Burguet
Type
Red Wine
Appellation
Gevrey-Chambertin
Variety
100% Pinot Noir
Eric & Jean-Luc produce two different cuvées from their 30 different small plots in Gevrey-Chambertin. Mes Favorites is their old vine blend, produced from vines that average 75 years of age. Mes Favorites is the principal wine at the domaine and was named by Alain Burguet when he first created the estate in the 1970s. Because he had so many tiny parcels, he wasn't able to create any single vineyard wines at the time, but of course, like children, they were all his favorites, and the name of this cuvée was born. This wine embodies the Burguet style: rich, lushly textured, and immediately delicious, but able to improve in the cellar for years.
Viticulture
Vineyard name
13 Climats located in Gevrey-Chambertin and Brochon included En Reniard, Les Corvées, Jouise, Champs Perriers
Soil type
Dark soils, mostly clay and partly limestone
Vine age75 years old on average
Vineyard sizeAround 3.95 ha
Vinification
Grapes are sorted three times and 100% destemmed grapes. Natural maceration and fermentation for 3 weeks in stainless steel tanks with punch downs and pumping over. No thermoregulation. Light doses of SO2
ElevageFor 18 months in French oak barrels (30-50% new oak). Bottled by gravity
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringUnfined and unfiltered