Georges Noellat Cotes de Nuits Villages – 2019

Winemaker Maxime Cheurlin Noellat is grandson of Georges Noellat and related to both Emmanuel Rouget and Henri Jayer, so he has impeccable breeding! He learned his winemaking trade chez Emmanuel Rouget and is one of the rising stars of Burgundy. He has been highly acclaimed by many of the world’s top press including Neil Martin, who is one of his biggest fans.

Vineyard Size: 0.65 ha (1.61 ac)

• Variety: Pinot Noir
• Vine Age: Comblanchien vines planted in the 1980s; Brochon vines planted in the 1960s.
• Terroir: 40 ares in La Damoda, on the southern end of Comblanchien located above the RN74. 25 ares in Queue de Hareng in Brochon, at the top of the slope on very shallow, limestone-based soils.
• Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée, treatments carried out only in reaction to a real, imminent threat.
• Vinification: 100% de-stemmed, 10 to 12-day pre-fermentation cold maceration, gentle extraction at the start of fermentation followed by up to 3-4 daily punch-downs at the end, relatively rapid de-vatting to maintain balance. Aged 18 to 20 months in barrel (about 25% new).