2024 Technical Specifications
Classification Premier Cru
Region Les Charmes
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2023 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.5%
Grape Varieties Pinot Noir
Drinking Window 2027–2048
Classification Premier Cru
Region Les Charmes
Production Details Published vintage assessments conflict on whole-bunch use: Neal Martin reports 40%, while Jasper Morris and Allen Meadows report 30%. Morris also reports that the old vines yielded no more than 30 hl/ha; Meadows describes a 0.23-hectare parcel.
Tasting Notes Neal Martin (January 2024): cranberry, tayberry and subtle pepper; fine delineation, poised mineral character and a persistent finish. William Kelley (30 January 2025): cherries, plums, blood orange and spices; satiny, vibrant, with supple tannins. Jasper Morris (tasted December 2024): raspberry and strawberry, with a firmer, more muscular and tannic structure.
2022 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.5%
Grape Varieties Pinot Noir
Drinking Window 2030–2039
Classification Premier Cru
Region Les Charmes
Soil Poor, Stony limestone soil
Vine Age 70
Production Details The vines were planted in the early 1950s. Jasper Morris reports a yield of 30–35 hl/ha and 50% whole-bunch vinification; Neal Martin independently also reports 50% whole bunches.
Tasting Notes Jasper Morris (tasted December 2023): bright, intense dark purple; generous red-berry fruit, powerful and long. Neal Martin (January 2024): refined, mineral-driven and delineated, with filigree tannins, judged acidity and a silky, poised finish.
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