Bourgogne
"Les Barrigards"
Appellation
Specific area
Grape variety
Terroir
• Soil: shallow clay
• Geological subsoil: Bresse marls from the Plio-Pleistocene
• Location: Ladoix-Serrigny, in the Bourgogne Côte d'Or geographical indication area
• Elevation: 225m
Vineyard
Year of planting: 1979
Area cultivated
Harvesting
Harvested by hand; bunches transported in crates. Double sorting of grapes: in the vineyard and on the sorting table.
Vatting / Maturing
Vatting: infusion for 10 to 14 days with part of the grapes in whole bunches. Fermented with yeasts indigenous to the terroir.
Aged in French oak barrels, 15% to 25% of which are new, for 11 to 14 months. No fining, light filtration if necessary, depending on turbidity.
Bottling
Following the recommendations of the lunar calendar.
Tasting notes
A pleasurable, mouth-watering wine with good concentration. Full-bodied and round on the palate with a very pleasant finish of fresh, crisp red berries.
