Maxime Cheurlin Noëllat, Pinot Noir, Hautes Côtes de Nuits, Burgundy, France 2017

100% Pinot Noir

Grapes come from a 1 hectare parcel in the lieu dit “Le Champ des Allouettes," located in the Leully area about Nuits-Saint-Georges. The soil is limestone; grapes are de-stemmed and fermented with indigenous yeast. The wine ferments in stainless steel and ages in barrel (33% new) for 16 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Maxime Cheurlin was only 20 years old in 2010 when he took over this historic estate, located in the heart of Vosne-Romanée. The history of the domaine starts with Georges Noëllat, who was the nephew of Charles Noëllat, once the proprietor of one of Vosne’s greatest domaines.

Small but mighty, the 5.5-hectare domaine includes some of the most profound terroirs of Vosne Romanée and northern Nuits St Georges, including a large proportion of incredibly old vines, planted before WWII. Maxime has earned a reputation for his elegant, lacy style of Pinot Noir that speak of their incredible terroir. Today, Maxime is a bonafide star in the Côte de Nuits, with a staggering array of some of the greatest terroirs in all of Burgundy, that are treated with the care and attention that allows them to deliciously express every bit of their enormous potential.