2020 Marchand & Burch Côte de Nuits – Villages
$98.00
Villages appellation provides some of the best value Pinot Noirs currently available in Bourgogne. Grapes for these wines can come from a group of villages clustered in the northern and southern end of the Côte de Nuits. Pascal focuses on the villages of Comblanchien and Corgoloin which are just to the south of his home base of Nuits-Saint-Georges. Here the soils move from Limestone into a deeper clay profile and this gives the resulting wines a highly appealing fruit richness with approachable soft edges. It’s great for drinking in it’s youth and reveals typical Bourgogne savoury complexity with some medium term bottle age.
Bourgogne, France
TASTING NOTE
Vintage
Inviting aromas of dark cherry, strawberry, and rose petal coalesce with hints of spice and savoury earth forming a layered and alluring perfume. A lively, blood orange acidity washes across the palate carrying an array of briary fruits both red and blue. Airy and lithe, the wine glides gracefully towards the finish revealing nuances of cola, nutmeg, and allspice, culminating in a stony minerality and a chalky tannin profile. A wine with plenty of character and complexity it encompasses both the lovely fruit aromas as well as the more intriguing savoury side of Pinot Noir, never losing sight of easy enjoyability.
Food Match
Enjoy with lamb fillet, pepper remoulade, black vinegar jam and fried shallots.
Recommended Cellaring
Drink now or over the next 5 years.
Variety Details
Pinot Noir
Winemaker
Pascal Marchand
