Burgundy
Corton "Le Charlemagne" - 2021 - Pierre Fenals
Maison en Belles Lies
A nose of unbelievable elegance, with notes of black fruit compote and spices. The palate is powerful, with tension and a magical minerality bristling just under the fruit. A majestic Corton.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Corton Grand Cru
- Degree of alcohol
- 12 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2045
- rock’n’roll
100% Pinot Noir from old vines farmed biodynamically and planted in the climat of Charlemagne, facing West. The soil is ploughed, with no chemicals, and harvested by hand in small crates. Vinification: whole grape bunches, wooden vats, light extraction, some pumping over, a little cap punching, and maturation on the lees in barrels that have seen several wines. Neither filtered, nor fined, without added sulphur.
Pierre Fenals
Pierre Fenals, child of the ‘48 vintage, went into viticulture at the young age of 52, after having discovered the writings of Rudolf Steiner in the 1990s. Having hitherto worked in developing franchises for global brands, this shift back to the earth represented something of a U-turn in his life. Indeed, it was back to school for Fenals, first for viticultural studies in Burgundy, then as a...
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