Burgundy
Autessiodorum is the Gallo-Roman name of the city of Auxerre, a nod to Cesar, since the Romans are said to have brought this grape variety with them from Italy. An original wine with character, pinot-like, rustic in its youth, with hints of red fruit and undergrowth.
100% Cesar, a grape variety typical of the Yonne Valley. The 30-year-old vines are grown organically, planted on a 25-acre plot of clay-limestone soils. Hand-harvested and naturally vinified, the wine is aged for 15 months in barrels without new oak, followed by 3 months in vats. Bottled on the estate, without fining or filtration, with sensible use of sulfites. Two years of bottle ageing in the Domaine's cellars.
Edouard Lepesme worked until 2010 in the bulk wine trade. Then in 2011, he decided to pursue a degree in viticulture and oenology in Beaune, one of the most complete training programmes to become a vigneron. Diploma in the bag, he headed off to work in Chablis with (well, well!) Thomas Pico and Alice & Olivier De Moor , continuing down to Claire Naudin ’s Côte de Nuits Domaine,...
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