Arnaud Boue
Maison Arnaud Boue, Cote de Nuits Villages 2018
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Be prepared: Cotes de Nuits Villages, adjacent neighbor of the famous town of Nuits Saint Georges, delivers a vast experience. The aromatics are complex and well-integrated. The light-medium to medium body, charismatic, melts in perfect harmony with silky tannins and complex flavors of red berries, spices, herbs, and minerals with an integrated velvety oak touch. Natural yeast. Vegan wine, produced on the principles of Biodynamic process. Only 125 cases were produced. Only Celerier's Cellar sells this wine in the USA.
13.00%
30 to 70 years old
Sourced from Organic certifed vineyard by France's standards. Sustainable farming. Organic treatments (only Copper sulphate), Fully plowed, pruned and harvested by hand.
25 to 50% full cluster. Use of small amount dry ice to prevent oxydation through the process of Alcoholic fermentation. this first step is done done in stainless steel opened vat. All fermentations are natural with indigeneous yeast. Feet pigeage everyday with light remontage. Malo lactic fermentation in French Oak barrel for 2-3 months and aged for a total of 16 month. 0% new french oak.
Pinot Noir
125 cases
Burgundy
The warm Winter of 2018 prevented the soil to refill enough moist and set up the stage for a dry spring. Coming May, a lasting drought took place, followed by a very hot and dry weather in June. This created an opposite effect on the plant that went dormant due to exhaustion, stopping the maturing of the fruits. It resulted with problematic tannins, that stopped maturing while it started so well early in the season. 30% to 40% yield was lost, but the quality was very high. Although the thick skin could have been a real problematic for other vintners, Arnaud applied his signature finesse technique to make sure that he brings forth complexity and the terroirs, instead of a simplistically heavy approach.
Cote de Nuits, Bourgogne, France
Terroir - Aux Montagnes, in the town Comblanchien, south of Nuits Saint Georges. Eastern exposition, on a stiff slope. The dense rocky upper layer soil covers brown clay with an excellent natural water drainage. All the above rest on top of limestone from the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago).
2018