NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 1ER CRU LES VAUCRAINS

Color: Beautiful clear and shiny garnet color.

Nose: Cherry, strawberry and blackcurrant. Once mature, it will produce aromas of leather, truffle, fur and game.

Palate: Complex, fresh and lively, with silky tannins.

This Premier Cru is the perfect accompaniment to tasty dishes in sauce, grilled and roasted red meats. The duck breast is an ideal dish, as well as furry game, flattered by the wild and animal aromas appearing with age. Gourmets also serve it with certain fish such as carp in red wine. Finally, soft cheeses with a washed rind such as Époisses, Langres or Soumaintrain.

Serve between 15° and 16°C.

Pinot Noir

It is an emblematic village of the Côte de Nuits, to which it gives its name. The vineyard extends over 310 hectares of which 140 hectares are classified as Premier Cru, spread over the communes of Nuits-Saint-Georges and Prémeaux. Located south of the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges, the "Les Vaucrains" vineyard owes its name to its hilly relief which forms a sort of fissure in the hillside, "crain" meaning "fissure" in Burgundian local language.

Manual harvest, passage of the grapes on sorting table, crushing, de-stemming then vatting for about 20 days then maturing in barrels for about 18 months.