COTEAUX BOURGUIGNONS
PRINCESSE MAUDITE 2022
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VARIETAL
Our red Coteaux Bourguignons is 100 % made from Gamay grapes.
- Density: at least 6,400 plants/hectare
- Pruning: Gobelet or Cordon de Royat
- Hand harvested
- Yield: 40 hl/hectare
TASTING NOTES
- Bright garnet red.
- Nice fruity nose with crispy, greedy cherry aromas.
- The mouth offers a round and gourmet attack, with aromas of ripe fruits and a final on elegant and supple tannins.
FOOD AND WINE PAIRING
This wine is ideal with a plate of cured meats, pasta, smoked and plain ham, couscous, beef stew, grilled meats, and cheese as the French Camembert and Brie.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve at around 14-15°C. (57-59°F.).
AGEING POTENTIAL
This wine can be served now.
ORIGIN
The Coteaux Bourguignons covers the same ground as that of the appellation for Burgundy. It covers 384 communes in the Yonne, Côte d’Or, Saône-et-Loire and Rhône départements. It begins in the Chablis and Auxerrois region in the north, stretching south to the Macon area through Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonaise.
The Coteaux Bourguignons appellation exists for red, white and rosé wines. This appellation can be produced from a blend of different grapes. 3,000 hectares are reserved for red Coteaux Bourguignons.
- Soils are mainly clay and marl with a little granite
- Relief: hills
- South-east and south facing
- Altitude: 200 to 400 metres
VINIFICATION AND MATURING
According to both tradition and the laws governing Burgundy wine-making, the grapes are harvested manually and there is no de-stemming so as to preserve all the berries.
The harvest is followed by «carbonic» maceration, which ultimately produces fruity, aromatic wines.
Vintage : 2022
This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality.
We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year.
May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy.
The harvests started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them.
By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.
In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September.
The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield.
Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well.
After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.
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