Paul Chavy Aloxe-Corton 2022

Variety: Pinot Noir
Country Region: France, Burgundy, Côte-de-Beaune
Appellation: Aloxe-Corton

100 % de-stemmed fruit given a cold maceration for several days before fermentation on skins for 22 days with only a gentle daily pump-over (no hand plunging). Aged on fine lees in barrel, all 228 litre barrels for the red wines, for 12 months before blending back in tank and bottled un-fined after a very light filtration. Shows good depth of black berry fruit, with good concentration and silky, indulgent tannins.

Jean-Louis’ son Paul returned to the family estate in 2020 after studying winegrowing and oenology and gaining some valuable professional experiences. Paul has a new and prestigious négoce business for the estate to to be able to offer a wider range of wines and to enable Paul to gain experience working with different terroirs and villages and crus.

For the white wines Paul uses very long slow pressing in a pneumatic press keeping the best fine lees and ageing in 350 litre barrels (using a mix of cooperages) for 11 months. Wines are then racked to tank for 6 or 7 months before bottling with no a light filtration and fining only if necessary.

Red wines are all 100 % de-stemmed with a very cool 5-7 days maceration in stainless steel then 17-22 days of maceration in fermentation with no punching down and just gentle pump overs once a day. Ageing for 12 months in 228 litre barrels before transferring to stainless steel tank for blending for 6-7 months before bottling with no fining and a light filtration