La Maison Carrée Pinot Noir D’Auvernier – 2022

This excellent, biodynamically certified domaine in the quaint village of Auvernier, just up the hill from Neuchatel, comprises 10 hectares of mainly old vine Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Savagnin Blanc. It has been owned by the Perrochet family since 1827; current winemaker Alexandre is the sixth generation of his family.

The grapes for this wine come from 5 separate parcels of vines around the village, grown on deep limestone and clay soils. After a manual harvest, they are 80% destalked then gently pressed in an amazing 200 year old press, before being fermented in open top casks. The wine is then matured for one year in large casks (85%) and used barrels (15%) before being bottled and aged for another 12 months or so in bottle. 

This is a wonderful, Burgundy-style Pinot Noir from the fantastic, 2022 vintage! Medium to full-bodied, intense and generous with firm but silky smooth tannins and ripe, dark cherry fruit and spice flavours. Despite the heat of the 2022 vintage it retains wonderful freshness and purity. Just starting to drink really well now (November 2025).

Enjoy with red meats, game or hard cheeses.

Approximately 1,100 cases were produced.

Drink 2025 – 2030