Pierre-Henri Rougeot ‘Les Vaux’ Côte d’Or Rouge 2018

Location: France, Burgundy, Côte d’Or

Winemaker: Pierre-Henri Rougeot

Grapes: Pinot Noir

Soil: clay-limestone

Winemaking: 100% whole bunch fermentation in vats for 15 to 18 days, 1 to 2 daily pumping overs and 1 to 2 pigeages during fermentation which takes place without input, assembly of the press juice and free-run juice, barreled with fine lees, malolactic in barrels.

From us at M&L: ‘Les Vaux’ is made from fruit growing near the center of the city of Meursault. A giving, frank Pinot Noir, with a supple structure and lots of savory fruit.

From the Importer Avant Garde: Introducing Pierre-Henri Rougeot's boutique production from organic vineyards in Volnay, Meursault, Pommard and Gevrey. 2017 is Pierre-Henri's first vintage, partly whole-cluster, wild yeasts fermentation, no SO2 until bottling, no fining and no filtration.

Pierre-Henri Rougeot is a young vigneron with generations of family roots in the town of Meursault. He grew up learning farming and the craft of winemaking with his father and by studying in Beaune.

In 2017, he decided to add one more activity, a small negoce where he could make wines his way. The fruits come from his family estate, vineyards which are farmed organically. The production is really small, one barrel here of one cuvee, two over there, max 4 barrels of Gevrey. Pierre-Henri makes his wines with little intervention meaning: no SO2 until bottling, no fining and no filtration. The reds are macerated with whole-cluster, and age in neutral barrels; the whites are pressed directly in barrels, no battonage and aging sur lees.