Burgundy
Bourgogne De Sousa - 2020 - Seiichi Saito
Petit Roy
Red and black fruits, a hint of coffee, a fresh palate with great depth, fine tannins and always the elegant style of the estate.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Biodynamic wine
- Appellation
- Bourgogne
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2029
- rock’n’roll
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Pinot noir from old vines planted in 1949 on a 0.2 hectare plot of Pommard clay soils, biodynamically farmed. Harvested by hand. Vinification: 20 days of maceration on the whole clusters, soft pressing, 19 months of aging in casks, then one month in vats. Bottled at the estate on May 10th, 2022, without fining or filtration, low sulphur content (total SO2: 48 mg/l).
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Seiichi Saito
Seiichi Saito is the winemaker at the head of Domaine Petit-Roy in Chorey-lès-Beaune. Born in China, he moved to Japan with his parents at the age of 11 to join his Japanese grandmother. A wine enthusiast who has always wanted to work in nature, he hesitated between Bordeaux and Burgundy when he arrived in France in 2005, but his passion for Pinot Noir won out. Good for him, he's on the verge...
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