2020 Fabrice Vigot Coteaux Bourguignons

Aromas of red cherries and plum, purple flowers, light spice. Medium-bodied, refined tannins; long. PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: Pâté en croûte; air-dried pork sausage; moderately aged French cow’s cheese. AGE OF VINES: 20-40 years WINEMAKING: Hand-harvested. Destemmed; fermented on indigenous yeasts in steel tank. Aged for 13 months in older 228L tonneaux (three-four year old barrels). Unfined and unfiltered.
Estate fruit from vineyards ‘En Bollery,’ located at the base of grand cru Clos Vougeot; ‘Le Fond de la Bourelle,’ north of Vosne toward Flagey-Echezeaux; and ‘Les Blignées,’ next to ‘Bourelle.’ Soils mix limestone and clay. Destemmed; fermented on indigenous yeasts in tank. Aged for 13 months in older 228L tonneaux (three-four year barrels). Unfined and unfiltered.