This cuvée is the expression of several plots with high qualitative potential: good exposure, good plant material, excellent harvest quality. This led them to an alternative vinification, which, for them, allows the optimal expression of Pinot noir: vinification in whole harvest (not destemmed), without added sulphites. It has cherry red color, hints of spices, flavors of red berries and black cherries with very crunchy tannins.
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Claire Naudin, one of Henri Naudin-Ferrand’s three daughters, has overseen this small domaine based in the Hautes Côtes at Magny-les-Villers, a village that sits astride the dividing line between Hautes Côtes de Beaune and Hautes Côtes de Nuits, since 1994. Claire is relatively susceptible to sulfur and uses the product as little as possible. Though some of the wines are made in an orthodox fashion, the most exciting wines are those which are vinified with whole bunches (all the stems) and without sulfur, though some SO2 is added at bottling to ensure that the wines remain stable thereafter. Claire’s theory, which her wines bear out admirably, is that there is none of the harshness sometimes evident when the bunches are vinified with their stems if sulfur is not used. Instead, a magical floral perfume emanates from the wine.
