Nathalie Richez Hautes Cotes de Beaune Rouge 'La Justice' 2022

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Nathalie Richez Hautes Cotes de Beaune Rouge 'La Justice' 2022Nathalies 0. 40 hectares worth of Pinot Noir in La Justicenear the border of Saint Aubin and La Rochepotis split among two parcels, one 60 years of age and the other 25 years of age. Her just so touch is on full display in this wine, which leads with clean, ripe, bright red cherry fruit framed by soft, polite tannins. Raised entirely in used barrels, it bears no trace of oak vanilla on its beautifully balanced palate.

with low yields averaging 25 hl/ha

with hauntingly precise red fruits anchored by a robust stoniness

then the wine is racked into smaller barrels (5 hectoliters) of French oak origin for an additional 12 to 18 months

the vineyard faces north-northeast but this exposure works to produce a wine of great finesse with superb aging potential

So often the so-called “orange wines” seem to stand alone

Produced solely from the Fumin grape

$675/billed quarterly on January 1

and Olivier employs the same viticultural methods as he does with his vines in Pouilly-Fuisse: biodynamic farming

the clusters undergo a 1–2 day cold soak

followed by 210 additional days on the gross lees—a similar vinification to “Arboreus

The vines that plunge the deepest into the tuffeau below are bottled separately

especially given its modest 12% alcohol