The vine

• Plot /climat

  Les Chardannes, Les Combottes, Les Bas Doix

• History

  Les Chardannes comes from thistles which must have been prolific at some time ; Combottes - from "petite combe" - signifies a small valley; Doix originates from old French for a little watercourse thus keeping this plot well drained.

• Soil

  The Chardannes soil cover is clay and fairly deep; for the Bas Doix the soil cover is shallow and stony.

• Our plot(s)

  8a51ca, 2a47ca and 4a70ca planted in 1967, 1992 and 1996.

The wine

• Description

  100% Pinot Noir from handpicked grapes and raised in oak casks.

• Taste

  A crisp fruit aroma is first detected on the nose together with some fine, wild fruit notes; the fullness in the mouth, some delicate toasted flavours and good persistence reveal bring out all the elegance of this appellation.

• Serving temperature

  15/16°C. It is recommended to decante recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.

The vintage

• 2023 - An year of plenitude. The 2023 spring weather was unsettled, with many storms that fortunately did not have damage on the vineyards. Thanks to a high rainfall in August, grapes were numerous and juicy. We feared that achieving perfect maturity would be a challenge because of the high volume of grapes, but the fruits finished ripening and the aromas concentrated extremely fast thanks to an unexpected heatwave that hit us at the beginning of September. It is also around that time that harvest started (on the 5th of September). Yeast did transform sugar into alcohol at a relatively slow pace, alcoholic fermentation finished in December. While tasting, we get a dominance of fruit driven aromas and a gourmet, elegant vintage. We note that 2023 is more refined than 2020 vintage for both reds and whites. What a blessed vintage!