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2021 Maranges 1er Cru “Les Clos Roussots”
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Picture the top reds of the Côte de Beaune, and you will doubtlessly envision crimson-hued pours of sensuously silky Volnay and chiseled, muscular Pommard. But with wines from such elite villages becoming harder to find and even harder to afford, the time has come for other appellations to deservedly step into the spotlight.
Maranges, the southernmost appellation of the Côte de Beaune, was long overshadowed by its northerly neighbors despite its impressive terroir. Known for opaque reds with big tannins and significant aging potential, the village is not to be overlooked as a source of quality full-blooded Pinot Noir. Add meticulous vineyard management and old vines in top sites to the equation, and it is no surprise why Maranges is home to some of the best values in all of Burgundy.
Didier Regnaudot is one of the appellation’s staunch traditionalists. He relies on his very old vines to produce richly concentrated fruit, opts for long macerations without adding cultured yeast, and eschews fining and filtration to protect the pulpous flesh that coats his wines’ chewy tannins. His top vineyard, Les Clos Roussots, is a mid-slope premier cru that yields a thick, dense Pinot Noir with the guts to age like the Maranges of old, but enough voluptuous fruit to provide pleasure in the near term. You may well visualize deep, dark splashes of sturdy Maranges upon contemplating Côte de Beaune reds after sipping this delightfully soulful nectar.
—Anthony Lynch
Wine Type: | red |
Vintage: | 2021 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | Pinot Noir |
Appellation: | Maranges |
Country: | France |
Region: | Burgundy |
Producer: | Domaine Jean-Claude Regnaudot |
Winemaker: | Didier Regnaudot |
Vineyard: | Planted in 1969, 1974, .52 ha |
Soil: | Jurassic substrate/graphite limestone |
Aging: | Wine ages in barrel (40% new oak, 60% 1 or 2 years old) for 11 - 12 months. |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 13.5% |
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About The Producer
Domaine Jean-Claude Regnaudot
About The Region
Burgundy
In eastern central France, Burgundy is nestled between the wine regions of Champagne to the north, the Jura to the east, the Loire to the west, and the Rhône to the south. This is the terroir par excellence for producing world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
The southeast-facing hillside between Dijon in the north and Maranges in the south is known as the Côte d’Or or “golden slope.” The Côte d’Or comprises two main sections, both composed of limestone and clay soils: the Côte de Nuits in the northern sector, and the Côte de Beaune in the south. Both areas produce magnificent whites and reds, although the Côte de Beaune produces more white wine and the Côte de Nuits more red.
Chablis is Burgundy’s northern outpost, known for its flinty and age-worthy Chardonnays planted in Kimmeridgian limestone on an ancient seabed. Vézelay is a smaller area south of Chablis with similar qualities, although the limestone there is not Kimmeridgian.
To the south of the Côte de Beaune, the Côte Chalonnaise extends from Chagny on its northern end, down past Chalon-sur-Saône and encompasses the appellations of Bouzeron in the north, followed by Rully, Mercurey, Givry, and Montagny.
Directly south of the Chalonnaise begins the Côte Mâconnais, which extends south past Mâcon to the hamlets of Fuissé, Vinzelles, Chaintré, and Saint-Véran. The Mâconnais is prime Chardonnay country and contains an incredible diversity of soils.
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I want you to realize once and for all: Even the winemaker does not know what aging is going to do to a new vintage; Robert Parker does not know; I do not know. We all make educated (hopefully) guesses about what the future will bring, but guesses they are. And one of the pleasures of a wine cellar is the opportunity it provides for you to witness the evolution of your various selections. Living wines have ups and downs just as people do, periods of glory and dog days, too. If wine did not remind me of real life, I would not care about it so much.
Inspiring Thirst, page 171