Santenay Dalle Nacrée
At a Glance
- Variety: Pinot Noir
- Size: 0.58 ha total (1.43 ac)
- Vine Age: Planted in 1966
- Terroir: From multiple parcels. Les Champs Claudes: southeast-facing, 229m altitude, 7% slope, bottom of the hill, alluvium and limestone soil. En Boichot: southeast-facing, 235m altitude, 4% slope, bottom of the hill, dalle nacrée soil. Les Prarons: southwest-facing, 211m altitude, 2% slope, bottom of the hill, dalle nacrée soil.
- Viticulture: Sustainable. 100% massal selection. Guyot Poussard pruning.
- Vinification: 10% whole cluster, gravity transfer to concrete tank. Ambient yeast fermentation with no added SO2, one punch-down daily until mid-fermentation and one pump-over daily until the end of maceration. Aged for 12 months in barrels (15% new), followed by 4 months in tank. SO2 added after malolactic fermentation and at bottling. Bottled on a fruit day, waning moon.