2007 Côte-de-Nuits-Villages
| Vineyard: | Les Créoles (Brochon) |
| Growing season: | 2007 |
| Yield: | 31hl / ha |
| Viticulture: | Guyot pruning (6 + 2) |
| Hedging at 1.35m | |
| Certified organic spray program | |
| Green-harvest late July (~30% removed) | |
| Harvest 8th September 2007 | |
| Vinification: | 12.2% potential alcohol. See post-harvest lab analyses here |
| Bunch by bunch sorting on vibrating table | |
| 4-day pre-fermentation maceration at 15ºC | |
| Chaptalised (to 12.8%) to prolong fermentation | |
| 15 day long fermentation and maceration peaking at 30ºC | |
| Ageing: | 1 new barrel from DAMY (Allier, medium toast) and six 2nd, 3rd and 4th fill barrels |
| Malolactic fermentation finished by October 2008 | |
| See pre-bottling lab analyses here | |
| Bottled April 23rd 2009 without fining or filtration | |
| Alcohol: | 12.8% |
| pH: | 3.50 |
| Volatile Acidity: | 0.44g/l |
| CO2: | 770mg/l |
| Total production: | 1928 bottles |
| Tasting notes: | This is also quite ripe with an earthy and somber dark berry fruit nose of
primarily blue pinot fruit and lovely violet aromas that sit atop warm earth suffused medium-bodied flavors that also possess
excellent mid-palate concentration, fine complexity and much better than average length. Like the BGO, this is not an
especially elegant wine but then again, one doesn’t really look for elegance and refinement from a Côte de Nuits-Villages.
Worth a look. (87-89)/2012+ Allen Meadows
This is an exemplary Cotes de Nuit Villages from Mr. Clark. A little more breeding on the nose compared to the Bourgogne Rouge with a tinny element. The palate is clean, pure, rounded, again with a touch of new oak smoothing off the edges. Lush strawberry and raspberry towards the finish. Very fine. Drink now-2013. Tasted January 2009. Neal Martin Fine and well sculpted and sweet and charming. You could never hate this - and look at the price! Fine tannins and lots of richness even if in a minor key. Beautifully done within the confines of the appellation. 16.5+ Jancis Robinson MW The wine displays vibrant red fruit with. The palate, pure and intense, offers some wild berry fruit and a fine balance, a very harmonious wine. From 2010 ****Decanter Magazine From this Morey-based domaine, a good-value Côte de Nuits-Villages. Aromatic, spicy, fresh nose leads into an easy mid-weight palate of minerals and liquorice. Crisp and clean, with a long, perfumed finish. Drink 2010-1016 *** Beverley Blanning MW |
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