Some technical details:
Appellation: Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise
Year: 2018
Region: Burgundy (FR)
Alcohol: 13%
Where this wine come from?
Burgundy is one of world’s oldest and most prestigious wine region; it is here that pinot noir, one of the most noble grape varieties, and Chardonnay find their maximum expression.
In Burgundy there are 1247 different Climats, each Climat is a vine plot, precisely delimited according to its own microclimate and specific geological conditions, which has been carefully marked out and named over the centuries.
Soil: the soil in Burgundy can change radically from one vineyard to the next. They contains a mix of clay, gravel and jurassic limestone and marl.
Curiosity
- Chris Santini is a “blend” of France, America, Tunisia and Corsica.
- Why “collective”? In this hundred year old cuverie that has never seen commercial enzymes or yeasts in Auxey-Duresses, a group of like-minded producers make their wine, sharing knowledge, equipment and energy.