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Wine Description
The Story
Vinification: Grapes from the Clos vinified by vine age (4 different cuvées). 100% de-stemmed, 5-8 days' cold (13-14°C) maceration, 5-10 days' fermentation with indigenous yeasts, 3-15 days' post-fermentation maceration. 18-24 months' aging in older oak barrels.
Size: 5.23 ha (12.92 ac)
Variety: Pinot Noir
Vine Age: Planted from 1930 to 1986
Terroir: 80% Petits Epenots, 20% Grands Epenots, brown soil with stones on surface, hard li...
Vintage 2012
2012 was beset by unusual weather that didn’t spare the vines! A mild winter, spring-like March, cool spring with frosts, summer-like May, cooler, wetter June, a variable summer with heatwaves, hail and storms… Because of the cold damp spring, some of the vine flowers didn’t set and form fruit, there was millerandage (where the flowers aren’t fully fertilised and give small berries) and high pressure from mildew and odium. Temperatures went ri...
