Bourgogne Pinot Noir – Domaine Pierre Vincent

Vineyard

Grape variety: Pinot Noir.

Surface: Le Champ l’Huillier (0.6871 ha at Corpeau), Monpoulain (0.2045 ha at Volnay), Les Grands Clous Perrons (0.1957 ha at Meursault).

Planted: Between 1951 and 1972.

Soil: Deep clay for Le Champ l’Huillier.

The soils are tilled then grassed over. Minimum treatments. Manual harvest with systematic sorting. Precise choice of harvest date based on maturity checks.

Vinification

100% destemmed.

Cold pre-fermentation maceration followed by 15 days in vat.

Around 15% aged in new oak barrels and 15% in amphorae for 18 months, followed by racking into stainless steel vats before bottling.