Côtes et Climats - Pierre Mayeul - Chassagne-Montrachet - Rouge - 2020

Wine:

A Côte de Beaune splendor, the 2020 Red Chassagne-Montrachet offers a perfect balance of richness and elegance. On this prestigious finage, Pinot Noir is velvety, expressing intense notes of blackberry, red fruit, toast, and sweet spices. The powerful yet mellow tannins and overall freshness form a magnificent combination, which can be enjoyed now after decanting or aged for 3 to 5 years, according to taste. This is a beautifully mature wine with long persistence and great purity throughout. A great wine!

Vinification:

Hand harvested, totally destemmed, macerated in open vats for 23 days. Regular punching down and pumping over.
Aged 18 months in French oak barrels.

Color:

Bright, intense red.

Nose:

Fragrances of blackberries and red berries accompanied by notes of toast and sweet spices.

Palate:

Rich and elegant, this beautifully mature wine offers fresh juice, powerful, mellow tannins, great purity and a long, persistent finish.

Temperature:

Decant before serving between 14 and 16°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Duck breast, stuffed capon, lamb terrine, Epoisses pie.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2028.

Founded in 2016, the Côtes et Climats Pierre Mayeul crafts distinctive Burgundies with exacting standards. Frédéric Hirault, Matthieu Bouchard, and Ludivine Grivault pick only the best grapes for this purpose, trained by their technical expertise and precise knowledge of Burgundy's finest terroirs. 

Strong identity, small volumes, great terroirs: the equation seems simple, but it's all the more complex because it's carried out without compromise, with all the experience and intuition of Ludivine Griveau, who is committed to this project with the same exacting standards she has always upheld.