Beaune Grèves
Surface: 0.3275 ha
Geographical situation: parcel on steepish slope.
Exposure: East
Plantings: 1978/1979

Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Soil and subsoil: highly calcareous soil. Pure silt..

Planting density: 10 000 vines/ha

Rootstock: massal selection only.
Organic agriculture. Received official approval Ecocert in 2000.
Biodynamics:2001.

Pruning: Guyot

Vineyard news: Earthing-up of the vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb, horsetail, yarrow, tansy, comfrey tea during each treatment. Biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 at the end of the winter and of 501 in spring before the flower. Suckers removed in spring.

Harvest date: August 31^st 2022 (root day).
Selection: hand-sorted in the vineyard and on arrival in the winery.
Yield: 27.8 hl/ha

44% of whole grapes, not crushed and vatted by gravitaty.
No yeast addition. Gravity vated.
Maceration: pre-fermentation, cold  (12-15° C) during 5 days.
Length of maceration: 17 days.
Cap-punched once a day until mid-fermentation and a light pumping-over once a day until the end of maceration.
Pressing with the vertical press.

Length: 15 months in barrel and 1 month in stainless steel tank.
Type: in oak barrels.
Percentage of new barrels: 20 %
Toasting: long and slow.
Source of wood: Cîteaux.
Light and soft filtration. No fining.

December 5^th, 2023 (fruit day).
Limited to 1155 bottles.