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VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2022

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2022  

VARIETAL

Our Vosne-Romanée is only made from Pinot Noir grapes.

- 10 000 feet/ha.
- Pruning: Guyot.
- Manual harvest.
- Yields of 40 hl/ha.

TASTING NOTES

- Dark purple in colour.
- Powerful bouquet, with aromas of small ripe red and black berries, spices, pepper, notes of leather, earth, toasted notes, vanilla, of incredible complexity.
- In the mouth, the structure is beautiful, touching the perfect balance. Rich, full-bodied, racy, powerful, opulent, charming, fruity, its tannins bring a velvety side. This wine promises a great potential and a very good ability to aging with its liquorice, fruity notes and tannins elegantly present.

FOOD AND WINE PAIRING

This wine is ideal with powerful meat dishes such as jugged venison or a rib of beef. It also goes very well with elegant dishes such as a light chicken stew, venison fillet, salt-marsh lamb or a flavoursome piece of Japanese Tataki beef. A good piece of Burgundian cow's milk cheese would also do it proud.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Like all red Burgundies of this quality, the Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru Les Chaumes should be served at a cellar temperature of about 16 to 17° C.  60-62°F.).

AGEING POTENTIAL

This wine deserves a few years in the cellar with an aging potential of over ten years.

ORIGIN

"The pearl of the Burgundy necklace" as described by the author Gastron Roupnel, Vosne Romanée is the appellation to the south of the Côte de Nuits, whose grands crus include the most fabulous and famous of wines: Romanée Conti, La Tâche, Romanée Saint-Vivant…

In this village, Pinot Noir fully expresses its most beautiful attributes.

The average harvest is around 8,000 hectolitres.

- Calcareous and clay-marl soils.
- East and south-east facing.
- Gentle slope on the lower hillside, slightly sleeper and above the Premiers and Grands Crus.
- Altitude: between 260 and 330m.

VINIFICATION AND MATURING

It is of traditional Burgundian type. Harvested by hand, the grapes are sorted once at the vineyard and then at the wineries as soon as they arrive. After this severe sorting, they are destemmed, crushed and then placed into thermo-regulated tanks. The vatting lasts from 20 to 25 days. The vinification begins with a cold maceration (8°-10°C) for 5 to 6 days, then the fermentation is carried out with the introduction of Burgundy yeasts, with daily pumping over and punching down. The ageing continues in 228 litres barrels, of which about 30% new barrels for 12 to 15 months

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.