Côtes du Jura AOC Pinot Noir 2022 - Les Chais du Vieux Bourg

Côtes du Jura AOC Pinot Noir  -  Les Chais du Vieux Bourg

The Pinot Noir of Les Chais du Vieux Bourg is an elegant and fresh wine obtained from the grapes of the same name that come from the vineyard called Les Vernois which rests on soils composed of calcareous marl from Lias. It is an old Pinot Noir vineyard over 50 years old, made with vines from a mass selection of the best plants on the estate, selected on the basis of the quality and aromatic intensity of the grapes. Manual harvest and, in the cellar we proceed to the destemming and spontaneous vinification with a maceration on the skins for a couple of weeks. It is then aged in oak barrels for 2 or 3 years and is bottled with the addition of a very low percentage of sulphites.

Service

We taste it at 16/18°C. Wine to be drunk immediately but left a few years in the cellar can give great emotions.

Pairings

Excellent as an aperitif, paired with meat starters, main courses of meat.

Winery: Les Chais du Vieux Bourg

In 2002 Ludwig Bindernagel (Bavarian) and Nathalie Eigenschenck (Parisian) founded their domaine in Poligny, in the heart of the Jura Revermont. The following year, their first thousandth. The vineyards, scattered in the neighboring municipalities, are largely already mature, with an average age close to half a century: a true qualitative blessing. Some of them are planted with local ecotypes of Burgundian vines (chardonnay, pinot noir - here called savagnin noir) or typical autochthonous Jura. From the beginning, the viticultural approach aimed to eliminate insecticides and chemical fertilizers and soon oriented towards organic agriculture, even without claiming an official certification. Today "Lulu" and Nathalie cultivate about 4 hectares of property, with the utmost respect for their marly limestone terroir. The vinification follows rigorous principles and values: manual harvesting, demanding sorting, traditional pressing, static peeling, absence of exogenous yeasts, vinification of packages and long times, no dosage for creams. Objective: the search for expressive naturalness and authenticity. Overall, on average only 12,000 bottles per year!