Bourgogne Côtes d’Auxerre Rouge Ma Pierre
Appellation
Côtes d'Auxerre
Farming
Sustainable, Organic
Varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Vineyards & Viticulture
Harvested from a sustainable, 31-year-old, .82-hectare plateau vineyard planted on clay-silt soil with a western exposure.
Soils
Clayey soil rich in stones
Harvest & Vinification
Hand harvest and destemmed. After pneumatic pressing, must and gravity settling, and gentle racking at low temperature, the wine goes through alcoholic and natural malolactic fermentation in concrete vats. The wine is then matured for two years on the fine lees in neutral oak. Bottled with light bentonite fining and unfiltered.
