La Magdeleine
A brilliant ruby red with garnet highlights. The nose is elegant, opening on cherry, juniper berry, and black pepper before evolving to notes of cacao and menthol. The palate surprises us once again in this vintage with its extraordinary freshness. The tannins are fine and velvety, and the aromas mingle cherry and lovely smoky notes, but also blackcurrant, mint, forest floor, cinnamon and coffee beans. A wine made from grapes grown on our “La Magdeleine” parcel in the heart of the estate surrounded by woodland and garrigue, its altitude, its freshness, and its structure augur superb cellaring potential.
A mere 2,107 bottles were produced of this exceptional wine.
Technical sheet
Appellation
IGP Val de Dagne
Vintage
2020
Varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Alcohol
13 % alc. /vol
Terroir
Sandy clay limestone
Vinification
As with all of our estate wines, once the harvest date has been
determined, we undertake strict sorting on the bush to ensure that we
pick only the best bunches, that are both perfectly healthy and ripe.
Once picked, they are placed in small crates and transported to the
cellar where they are 85% destemmed, with 15% remaining in whole
clusters, and delicately transferred into the vat by conveyor belt.
Absolutely nothing is added, neither sulphites nor cultured yeasts, and
fermentation starts spontaneously. The cap is moistened a few times
during the vatting period that lasts 3 weeks, and the temperature is
adjusted according to requirements.
Once the wine has been validated by tasting, it is run off and then
racked into barrels following natural sedimentation for 7 days.
Malolactic fermentation takes place later in barrel.
Ageing
100 % in barrel (20 % new, 40 % one wine old, 40% 2 wines old) for 6 months
Recognition and awards
- James Suckling 2024 91/100 Read article
- Jancis Robinson feb 2024 17,50/20 Read article
Geographical location
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