BOURGOGNE HAUTES-CÔTES DE NUITS

BOURGOGNE
HAUTES-CÔTES DE NUITS 2022

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2020 2021 2022 2023

Grape variety

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Colour: A beautiful golden colour.
Nose: Very expressive, almost exuberant and very seductive, with woody notes and hints of vanilla. A trace of honey, white flowers and citrus notes.
Palate: Delicate and perfumed, well-balanced and round. Its meatiness and woodiness come from the time spent maturing in oak casks.

Wine and food pairing

It will be the perfect companion to carp roe (tarama), steamed fish, and crustaceans. Its vivacious nature equips it to accompany the Burgundian specialties of ham with parsley (jambon persillé) and snails (escargots). Fully mature, the wine goes very with the delicacy goose liver with salt (foie gras au sel) and French cheeses such as Roquefort, Aisy cendré, mature Comté, Chaource.

Serving temperature

Ideal served at a temperature of around 12°C (54 °F).

Ageing potential

This wine can be drunk now or laid down for around 3 to 5 years.

Origin

Regional appellation of the Hautes Côtes vineyard district (dept. of Côte-d’Or). Officially recognised since 1961, this appellation covers 16 communes of the Hautes Côtes district in Burgundy, plus the more elevated areas of 4 communes in the Côte de Nuits.

At one time apparently doomed to disappear these vineyards have undergone a patient, courageous, and ultimately successful restoration. Overlooking the slopes of Gevrey-Chambertin and extending as far as the wood of Corton, the Hautes Côtes de Nuits have a wild beauty. Little villages nested in the forest fringes lie waiting to be discovered. The vineyards cover all these slopes which enjoy favourable exposures and proudly preserve their proof of nobility going back to Vergy and the abbey of Saint-Vivant.

The vineyards are located at heights of between 300 and 400 metres and occupy the sides of valleys which cut into the Jurassic limestone plateau to the west of the « Côte ». The underlying rock is the same as that of the Côte but the overburden is thin or non-existent. The soils are formed by a mixture of eroded limestone and marly subsoil.

Vinification and maturing

Vinification in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks followed by maturing in tank and in oak barrels for a part of the cuvée (40%) for 8 months, including 15% new oak. Blending and light filtration before bottling.

Vintage : 2022

2022 weather conditions were uncertain, but mild in the end throughout the season!

The harvest, running from 25 August to 16 September. The grapes were beautifully healthy, with varying degrees of ripeness depending on the exposure.

Balanced, honest white wines. Maturing ought to bring just the right degree of roundness to red wines with varying qualities, depending on the maturity of each plot. We have both sophisticated, fruity red wines with a good Burgundy tension as well as rich, warmer ones.

A pleasant vintage in terms of quality with excellent yields for both whites and reds.

The vinification choices have been crucial as to whether to favour acidity or the alcoholic degree.

BOURGOGNE HAUTES-CÔTES DE NUITS 2022