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Wine Description
The Story
The hard Comblanchian limestone which disappears deep underground around Nuits-Saint-Georges reappears here where, as one moves southward, red wines give way to whites. Nowhere in the Côte de Beaune does the Chardonnay grape do better than it does here. Along the village streets are a succession of little houses belonging to the vineyard workers, mixed with more imposing dwellings. The stone-work on the 53 metre-high church tower looks like it...
Vintage 1976
The 1976 wine vintage in Burgundy was a highly unique, blockbuster, and deeply controversial year that was entirely driven by a historic and blistering summer drought. The intense heatwave caused the Pinot Noir grapes to ripen rapidly, yielding a tiny harvest of thick-skinned berries with maximum sugar concentration and exceptionally low natural acidity. This resulted in dense, dark, and highly alcoholic red Burgundies that tasted more like ri...