Burgundy
Aloxe Corton - 2021 - Pierre Fenals
Maison en Belles Lies
A complex nose with notes of ripe fruit, peony, violet and rose. The palate is all chocolate and spices. Persistent finish... This is a Pinot grown on red clay, and thus yielding a wine of strength and power. Put it in the cellar and forget about for a while.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Aloxe Corton
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2032
- rock’n’roll
100% Pinot Noir from a 26-are parcel of 50-year-old vines, planted by massal selection at the Les Caillettes vineyard site, on red clay soil. Cultivated biodynamically, with ploughing of the soil, no chemicals, and harvesting by hand in small crates. Vinification: whole grape bunches, wooden vats, light extraction, some pumping over, a little cap punching, and 14 months maturation on the lees in 3-year-old barrels. Neither filtered, nor fined, and just a micro dose of sulphur at bottling.
Pierre Fenals
Pierre Fenals, child of the ‘48 vintage, went into viticulture at the young age of 52, after having discovered the writings of Rudolf Steiner in the 1990s. Having hitherto worked in developing franchises for global brands, this shift back to the earth represented something of a U-turn in his life. Indeed, it was back to school for Fenals, first for viticultural studies in Burgundy, then as a...
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