VARIETAL100% Pinot Noir.
TASTING NOTESColour: attractive dark ruby with garnet highlights.
Bouquet: fruity (blueberry, raspberry and blackcurrant), spicy and violet notes, as well as well-balanced oak.
Palate: the wine is full-bodied with good structure, offering silky tannins, fruity and delicately woody flavours, and a lovely long finish.
FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGIt pairs well with strong-flavoured meats such as roast, braised or sauced veal, leg of lamb, game birds and grilled pork. Roast beef will also succumb to its character. On the cheese platter: Mont d'Or, Tomme de Savoie, Reblochon, Cîteaux.
SERVING SUGGESTIONSServe at 15-16°C. (59-61°F.).
AGEING POTENTIALAlready ready to drink, it can be kept for 3 to 5 years, or even longer in good storage conditions.
ORIGINLocated north of the Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses stretches across the western slopes of the Corton mountain, sharing the Corton and Corton-Charlemagne Grands Crus with Aloxe-Corton and Ladoix-Serrigny. The appellation produces red and white wines in roughly equal proportions (82 hectares of red, 53 hectares of white), with 8 climats classified as Premier Cru. The soils vary from stony limestone at higher altitudes to clay mixed with flint at the bottom of the hillside, with south, east and north-east exposures, at 250 to 300 metres above sea level.
‘Les Boutières’ takes its name from an old mule track used to transport wine skins called ‘boutes’, evidence of an ancient wine-growing and commercial activity.
VINIFICATION AND MATURINGHarvested by hand, the grapes undergo cold pre-fermentation maceration for 4 to 5 days, at a temperature maintained between 10 and 14°C. This is followed by alcoholic fermentation with selected yeasts, daily punching down and pumping over.
The wine is aged 100% in oak barrels, with approximately 25% new barrels, for a period of around 14 months.
