Aloxe-Corton
"Les Combes"
Appellation
Specific area
Grape variety
Terroir
• Soil: deep (1.6 metres), very well-drained, stony, composed of fine brown clay.
• Geological subsoil: valley-bottom proximal colluvium and alluvium.
• Location: narrow valley floor
• Elevation: 245 m
Vineyard
Year of planting: 1942 (50%) and 2021 (50%).
Area cultivated
Harvesting
Harvested by hand; bunches transported in crates. Double sorting of grapes: in the vineyard and on the sorting table. Very long, gentle pressing. Vinification without sulphur.
Vatting / Maturing
Fermented with yeasts indigenous to the terroir. Aged in French oak barrels, 15% to 30% of which are new, for 11 to 16 months.
No fining, light filtration if necessary, depending on turbidity.
Bottling
Following the recommendations of the lunar calendar.
Tasting notes
A generous, full-bodied, rich wine with plenty of tension and minerality and an unexpected freshness on the finish. Its heady aromas of white flowers and citrus fruit transport us into a poetic world, built in harmony with this wine defying classification.
