2019 Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru, Domaine de la Vougeraie, Burgundy

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Description

Vinified entirely whole-bunch, this is from one parcel next to Clos de Tart and another in the lieu-dit Les Terrasses. Grands Crus here are aged in a higher proportion of François Frères barrels. This is ripe, expressive and utterly sublime; it has the vineyard’s characteristic spice and herbal notes, and a strong mineral backbone.

Drink 2027 - 2036

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2019

Alcohol % 13

Maturity For laying down

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine de la Vougeraie

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

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