Made with fruit grown on 60+ year old vines, the Côte de Nuits Villages Vieilles Vignes is a light, bright Pinot with aromas of light spice, pot pourri and red berries. Grapes are grown in limestone soil using biodynamic viticulture.
The wine is 25-30% whole bunch, fermented with indigenous yeast with minimal added sulphur. As with all Galeyrand wines, this example is certified organic. It is aged in oak barrels, a maximum of 20% new.Four parcels in Brochon – the oldest planted before 1960 and the youngest in the 1980s, more clay and rich soils. ‘Fixin-like’ soils. One year in barrel. Remontage at the start of fermentation and pigeage when the ferment has warmed up. Tank sample. To be bottled mid December 2019.
Sweet red fruits on the nose, inviting, seductive yet tangy too. Quite light on the mid palate, super-smooth. with a dark-chocolate-like clean finish. Really refined and surprisingly long for such delicacy.
16 points, JancisRobinson.com (November 2019)
Four parcels in Brochon – the oldest planted before 1960 and the youngest in the 1980s, more clay and rich soils. ‘Fixin-like’ soils. One year in barrel. Remontage at the start of fermentation and pigeage when the ferment has warmed up. Tank sample. To be bottled mid December 2019.
Sweet red fruits on the nose, inviting, seductive yet tangy too. Quite light on the mid palate, super-smooth. with a dark-chocolate-like clean finish. Really refined and surprisingly long for such delicacy.
16 points, JancisRobinson.com (November 2019)
