Hautes Cotes De Nuits 16 Generation | Domaine Dufouleur

NAME: AOC Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits

TYPE: red

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% pinot noir

ORIGIN: France, Burgundy

EVOLUTION: 5 years

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 15-18° C

RECOMMENDED GLASS: large glass

ALCOHOL VOLUME: 13.5%

FORMAT: 75 cl

THE WINE:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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SOFTNESS: ◼︎◼︎◼︎ ◼︎◻︎
TANNICITY: ◼︎◼︎◼︎ ◻︎◻︎

NOTES FROM OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 Bright ruby ​​red colour;

👃🏻 the nose is broad and expresses aromas of fresh fruit (currant, raspberry and cherry) which evolve over time into candied fruit and more complex aromas such as leather;

👄 in the mouth it is fresh, velvety, well balanced between hardness and softness, structured and elegant. Long ending.

RECOMMENDED COMBINATION

An elegant, velvety and full-bodied Pinot Noir, to be paired with dishes with intense flavors and medium-high structure. Try it with vegetable couscous and beef meatballs, veal escalope with beans and tomatoes, osso bucco and other rich second courses.

REFINEMENT

Pure Pinot Noir harvested by hand. Cold maceration for a week. Fermentation in steel tanks for three weeks and aging for ten months in exhausted 500-litre barrels, so that the grape variety can express itself at its best, without interference.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

The intriguing scents and elegance.

TERRITORY OF ORIGIN:

TERROR

We are in one of the most suitable areas in the world : Burgundy.

A unique and evocative territory, capable of producing extraordinary wines. The soil and climate conditions of Burgundy, combined with the special savoir-faire of the vignerons, due to centuries of quality agronomic practices, determine a unique terroir. The care and specificities in this region lead to the definition of climat, protected by UNESCO.
The Burgundy vineyards stretch for approximately 250 km between Chablis to the north and Mâconnais to the south, bordering the Rhône valley. The climate is predominantly continental, with light maritime influences in the western area up to Dijon and Mediterranean influences in the southernmost area. Winters are cold, frosts are quite frequent, sometimes even in spring; rainfall is minimal during the budding period but intense between May and June, and this can compromise flowering and therefore the harvest. The soil of Burgundy is made up of marine sedimentations mixed with limestone, marl and clay.

The territory is divided into these large sub-regions: the Auxerrois, the Chablis to the north in the Yonne, then the Côte-d'Or, the Chalonnais and the Mâconnais and the Beaujolais. In Chablis and Auxerrois, calcareous-marly soils prevail, in the Côte d'Or the soil richer in limestone allows Pinot Noir to express all its class, while in the southern area clay and marl give great elegance to Chardonnay. In Chalonnais and Chalonnais limestone, marl and clay reign, while in Beaujolais the soil is calcareous, shale and clay.

CELLAR

Winemakers from father to son since 1596, i The Domaine's vineyards extend into the Côte de Nuits (within the Côte d'Or), with some of the highest vineyards in the area, capable of producing extremely intriguing wines especially in the warmer vintages, and in the Nuit Saint Georges 1er Cru Les Poulettes , which represents one of the best expressions of the Côte de Nuits vineyards.

The winery is located in the heart of the Côte de Nuits, in the center of the Burgundy vineyard. The management of the company, which covers an area of ​​30 hectares, is entrusted to Yvan Dufouleur, Guy's eldest son, and his uncle Xavier Dufouleur. The appellations that make up the production range from the village of Fixin, north of the Côte de Nuits, to the village of Santenay, south of the Côte de Beaune.

Their philosophy consists in offering the most demanding enthusiasts wines of recognized high quality, in a small range of wines with an excellent quality-price ratio.