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JACQUES PRIEUR ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU 2013
Country: France, Bourgogne, Cote De Nuits
Grape varieties: 100% Pinot Noir
Grape varieties: 100% Pinot Noir
Plot Size 0.36-hectare plot
Terroir: Located in "Champs Traversins", in the heart of the historic Echézeaux vineyard, the vines are planted in north/south rows at the end bordering on La Combe d`Orveau. Fairly thin brown soil. Very fine sand/siliceous gravel on the surface. Perfect microclimate: cool, well-ventilated, and healthy thanks to an air current.
Vinification and Ageing: The grapes were handpicked into small crates, then sorted and totally destemmed. The wine stayed on the skins for 20 days in temperature-controlled open oak vats. Pigeage (punching down the cap) was done twice a day during alcoholic fermentation. 100% malolactic fermentation The wine was aged entirely in oak barrels.
Duration of barrel ageing: 20 months
Tasting Notes: Intense dark ruby red. Very fresh with blackberries (blackcurrant, blueberry) and sweet spices notes. Fruity, juicy and flavourful. Fresh, digestible and very refined tannins.
Tasted in November 2015
Food Pairing: Duck, Goose and Game Birds
Terroir: Located in "Champs Traversins", in the heart of the historic Echézeaux vineyard, the vines are planted in north/south rows at the end bordering on La Combe d`Orveau. Fairly thin brown soil. Very fine sand/siliceous gravel on the surface. Perfect microclimate: cool, well-ventilated, and healthy thanks to an air current.
Vinification and Ageing: The grapes were handpicked into small crates, then sorted and totally destemmed. The wine stayed on the skins for 20 days in temperature-controlled open oak vats. Pigeage (punching down the cap) was done twice a day during alcoholic fermentation. 100% malolactic fermentation The wine was aged entirely in oak barrels.
Duration of barrel ageing: 20 months
Tasting Notes: Intense dark ruby red. Very fresh with blackberries (blackcurrant, blueberry) and sweet spices notes. Fruity, juicy and flavourful. Fresh, digestible and very refined tannins.
Tasted in November 2015
Food Pairing: Duck, Goose and Game Birds
Product Id: 0314
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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 climates of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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 climates of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
