Burgundy
Savigny lès Beaune "Aux Fournaux" - 2018 - François de Nicolay
Domaine Chandon de Briailles
A perfume-like nose, with notes of red and black berries: cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant, a hint of undergrowth... Palate: fluid, smooth and balanced, with acidity and tannins that promise very interesting ageing potential... A wine to (re)discover now or in 10 years time!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Savigny-lès-Beaune
- Degree of alcohol
- 14.2 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
Pinot Noir from 60-year-old vines farmed biodynamically and planted on clay and limestone soils, just below mid-slope, facing East South-East, with yields of 28hl/ha. Vinification is respectful of the grapes: two weeks of maceration in whole bunches in concrete and conical wooden vats, 18 months of maturation on its lees in 228-litre oak barrels. Bottled without fining or filtration, just a micro dose of sulphur.
François de Nicolay
François de Nicolay, child of the ‘70 vintage and head of Domaine Chandon de Briailles, today embodies the renewal of this historic estate, straddling the line between modernity and respect for tradition. A family property since 1834, located four kilometres north of Beaune, the estate extends over 13.7 ha in the communes of Savigny-Lès-Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses and Aloxe-Corton. After...
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