Domaine Huguenot Pere & Fils, Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, Bourgogne, 2015

Tasting

Powerful and Generous. With well-ripened fruit, the texture is both smooth, deep, and juicy. The mid-palate is powerful yet contained with fleshy tannins and a spicy finish.

Food and wine pairings 

Braised duck with peas, veal shank with vegetables, roasted stuffed goose, lobster with red wine, partridges, sweetbreads with morels, roasted quail, duck fillets, beef bourguignon, roasted woodcock, stew, lobster with coral sauce, spring veal chop, royal hare, matured rib of beef.

Wine service

• Serving temperature : 15 to 17°C
• Aging potential: 5 to 15 years

Technical characteristics

• Domain: Huguenot Pere & Fils

• Cuvée : Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

• Country: France

• Region: Burgundy

• Sub-region: Côte de Nuits

• Appellation: Gevrey-Chambertin

• Color: Red wine

• Type: dry, still

• Vintage : 2015

• Area: 23 hectares

• Average age of the vines: 85 years 

• Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir

• Organic wine : In conversion to Organic Agriculture until the 2018 vintage Certified AB by Ecocert since the 2019 vintage

• Terroir: Limestone with entroques, and sandy marls

• Harvesting: manual, selective sorting in the vineyards, then on a vibrating and blowing table. 

• Aging: 12-15 months in oak barrels. Barrels from different origins and different coopers with medium and more intense toasting of the wood. 

• Production: 2,000 bottles

• Format: Bottle 75 CL
  
  

About the estate

The Domaine Huguenot has been a family-owned vineyard for 10 generations. Today, Domaine Huguenot, led by Philippe Huguenot, spans 23 hectares in Côte de Nuits, covering the appellations Marsannay, Fixin, and Gevrey-Chambertin.

For more than 20 years now, the Domaine Huguenot has understood the importance of practicing a more environmentally friendly cultivation. Thus, year after year, the work in the vineyards has evolved significantly. No more pesticides or insecticides to start with, more plowing and interventions in the vineyards throughout the year. 2013 will be the first certified organic vintage of the Domaine Huguenot.

After a high-fashion work in the vineyards, the vinification of the wines from Domaine Huguenot is then done gently. All harvested grapes systematically go through the sorting table, and the handling of the grapes is done by gravity to preserve intact berries. All wines are aged in barrels for 8 to 18 months depending on the appellations. A long aging process is a guarantee of purity, complexity, and precision of the fruit.