Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 1er Cru 'Beauregard' 2023

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Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 1er Cru 'Beauregard' 2023The premier cru Beauregard sits mid slope in the northeast part of Santenay near the border of Chassagne Montrachet, and Nathalie owns 0. 3 hectares of Pinot Noir here. If her village level Santenay is a case study in pure Burgundian Pinot Noir, Beauregard isas one would expectmore particular in its personality: darker and more somber in its fruit (yet still fresh), with a more succulent texture and a tinge of smoke.

undergoing a lengthy 11 ½-year stint on its lees before being disgorged in January 2023 with 3 grams per liter of dosage

Sourced from a high-altitude site near Les Rieux in which Gilles owns 1

Always a sleek yet charming wine of immense energy

a time for the wine to repose and find its identity as it emerges from the cocoon of tannins to reveal an exceptionally complex crowd of aromas and flavors

from soaring spices to dried herbs to fruit leather to beef stock

with soils marked by red clay and stones which have fallen from the mountain and broken down over millennium

with an expansive

Jean-Marie aged this for one year in used Burgundy barrels purchased from his old classmate and friend Régis Forey

Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Sorbes is nestled against the village itself

and one high-slope with whiter soil

less elegant than its companion but it is more powerful and broad-shouldered

schistous soil with a small amount of sand

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