COLOR: Red
TYPE: Dry
VINTAGE: 2022
GRAPE VARIETY: Pinot Noir (100%)
FARMING: Organic Farming
AGING: 18 months in oak barrels (15% new oak)
ALCOHOL: 12.5%
CAPACITY: 75 cl
CELLAR POTENTIAL: 10 years
PLANTING DATE: N/A.
LOCATION: Bas des Longeroies plot at approximately 275 meters altitude. Highly qualitative for red varietals, this plot yields wines with delicate fruitiness and a supple texture.
EXPOSURE: N/A.
SOILS: blue-grey Bresse marls.
HARVEST: hand-picked.
YIELDS: N/A.
SORTING: in the cellar.
WINEMAKING: whole-cluster maceration in tanks. The time for devatting is not known in advance; it is determined by tasting. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place with indigenous yeasts.
AGING: 18 months in oak barrels (15% new oak).
BOTTLING: unfined and unfiltered.
CORK: natural cork.
"With this vintage, Les Longeroies offers a rather graceful and delicate profile; it can be drunk young to enjoy its crisp, light red fruit aromas, but it should flesh out after a few years in the cellar; wait until 2027-2028 for it to show its full potential."
