Burgundy
Tapis Rouge - 2022 - Mélissa Bazin et Romain De Moor
La Petite Empreinte
A complex wine with a powerful nose of kirsch cherry, cocoa, orange peel and pepper... It is beautifully balanced and elegant, thanks to a taut, fresh palate, a fine expression of crisp Pinot. Tapis Rouge means Red Carpet, and we climb its stairs with delight!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- Côtes d'Auxerre
- Degree of alcohol
- 13 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2030
- rock’n’roll
100% Pinot Noir from vines in conversion to organic farming (since they're a young estate!), planted in 1978 in the commune of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux in the Yonne department, on a high, South-facing limestone plateau. Manual harvest and sorting of the grapes, yields around 35 hl/ha. Vinification: 22 days of maceration of the whole bunches with one or two punchings of the cap, gentle pressing, 11 months of aging in barrels without racking. Bottled at the end of August 2023, without fining or filtration, micro-dose of sulfur (total SO2 <15 mg/l).
Mélissa Bazin and Romain de Moor
Mélissa Bazin and Romain De Moor are at the helm of the young estate La Petite Empreinte, with a first vintage vinified in 2020. Well... first in their own name! Indeed, Mélissa who is originally from the Drôme, took her first steps in the wine world thanks to the work of Gérald Oustric, before starting her work-study diploma at Domaine Labet in the Jura. There, she met Romain, who at the time...
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