Region: France - Burgundy
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Alcohol: 12.5%
Notes on the Wine
The fruit for this wine comes from two-and-a-half hectares of various parcels, some young vines, some old vines. The grapes are completely de-stemmed and a cold pre-fermentation maceration lasts for four to five days. Fermentation follows in concrete vats. The wine is aged for ten months (90% in concrete vats, 10% in three-year-old oak barrels). The wine offers a redcurrant and cranberry-scented bouquet that is nicely defined. The palate shows a pinch of black pepper followed by plenty of black plum and raspberry.
Notes on the Producer
Domaine des Moirots is a family property located in the charming village of Bissey-sous-Cruchard that has been producing wine on about 12 hectares of vineyards in the southern portion of the Côte Chalonnaise for three generations. Christophe Denizot, who started with his father in 1990 after studying at the Lycée Viticole in Beaune, now handles things. Of the 9 Ha total vineyard of Montagny premier Cru "Le Vieux Château", the Denizot family owns half. The soil here is all Kimmeridgian under limestone just as in Chablis. Part of the vineyards (30%) are classified as 1er Cru "Climats". All the red grapes are hand-harvested, sorted and checked cluster by cluster using a selected table and totally and carefully de-stemmed. Fermentation takes place in concrete vat and lasts around 12 to 15 days without heating. The free-run wine and press wine are blended before being placed into concrete "eggs" or oak barrels for aging. Wines are aged for 10 to 18 months depending on the vintages and the cuvée.
