Nuits-Saint-Georges 2019
Between Dijon and Beaune lies the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges, which gives its name to the Côte de Nuits and extends over some twenty kilometres. Nuits-Saint-Georges produces almost exclusively red wines and is also known for having been taken into space with the Apollo XV mission, which gave the village its name to a lunar crater.
Geographical location and terroir
Between Dijon and Beaune lies the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges, which gives its name to the Côte de Nuits and extends over some twenty kilometres. Nuits-Saint-Georges produces almost exclusively red wines. Its terroir is divided in two by the town centre. In the northern part, the soils come from silts with pebbles coming down from the Côte (colluvium) and alluvium from the Meuzin valley. In the southern part, at the top of the hillside, the rock is outcrops, while below, the soil is richer with silts coming from the combe des Vallerots. It is in this emblematic village, the most southern of the Côte de Nuits, that the Knights of the Tastevin founded their brotherhood in 1934, before moving, after the war, to the Château du Clos de Vougeot. The appellation is also known for having been taken into space with the Apollo XV mission, which gave the name of the village to a lunar crater.
Vinification
The grapes are sorted, de-stemmed and then gently conveyed into the vat on a conveyor belt, without pumping. Before fermentation, we carry out a cold maceration at 10°C for 4 to 5 days. Vatting lasts between 18 and 20 days, during which we punch down the cap daily. The wine is then put into vats and put into barrels, and the malolactic fermentation is carried out in full.
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