2023 Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits “Les Dames Huguettes”, Burgundy, FranceABOUT THIS WINE 100% Pinot Noir from vines that are an average of 35 years of age. All fruit is exclusively hand harvested and carefully sorted. The wine is lowered into the cellar by gravity and put into new barrels in a proportion that varies according to the vintage. After a few months in barrels, the malolactic fermentation will transform the malic acid into lactic acid and thus reduce the acidity of the wine. The spring racking then makes it

The native grapes

5 months in barrel before bottling

he had the raw materials to create stunningly intense

They also regularly control the oxygen levels in the tanks in order to use as few sulfites as possible during production

That weather held through harvest

and demand the winegrower and winemaker to be adaptable vintage after vintage

the premium family wine company that his grandfather established in 1879

wet spring soils

Marie-Laure is in charge of administrative duties and marketing

a little part of the original wine is being drunk at the same time

southeast exposure

the altitude is modest