Albert Sounit Bourgogne Rouge – Vieilles Vignes 2022 75 cl.
Bourgogne, Côte Chalonnaise – France
Vieilles Vignes lies on the plateau south of Buxy, surrounded by Montagny 1. Cru fields to the north and west. The field is planted with Pinot Noir and the average age is around 40 years. The oldest parcels are approx. 70 years old. The wine is harvested by hand and passes through a sorting table before vinification, so that only absolutely healthy grapes enter the fermentation tank. The total “cuvage” (vinification in an open tank) lasts approx. 3 weeks: approx. 7 days of cold maceration (approx. 9°), during which the juice absorbs fruit and color from the solids. Then approx. 8–10 days of alcoholic fermentation (25. – 28°) and subsequently approx. 2 – 4 days of post-maceration at approx. 18 – 20°. The wine is then poured into oak barrels, where the malolactic fermentation takes place, and the aging in barrels lasts approx. 12 – 14 months. It uses approx. 25% new oak barrels (exclusively French barrels). Vieilles Vignes has a beautiful, glossy ruby colour. The aroma is deep and intense, and as always primarily characterized by cherries and dark berries (blackberries) and a fine pepper spice. The taste is complex and harmonious, with plenty of crispness and fruit character.
Vinification: 12-14 months aging in French oak casks, of which approx. 25% are new.
Tasting notes: Complex and harmonious – with lots of crispness and fruity character.
Recommended for: cheese poultry, Dark poultry, Grill and barbecue, French country cuisine
Burgundy
Burgundy stretches from Auxerre in the north, where we find Chablis, to Lyon in the south, if Beaujolais is included. South of Chablis, we find the best-known area Côte d’Or – the golden slope – where the majority of the Grand Cru vineyards are located. The Côte d’Or is subdivided into two parts: the Côte de Nuits in the north and the Côte de Beaune in the south. The area where wine is grown is only about 40 km long and about 2 km wide, and consists of a series of small towns (Villages), surrounded by flat vineyards to the east and steep slopes along the western ridge. Burgundy has 100 different appellations, roughly equally divided between white and red wines. The Grand Cru appellation, which is Burgundy’s finest, embraces just 33 famous fields and covers just 1.4% of the total production.
Domaine Albert Sounit
Maison Albert Sounit is located in the charming wine town of Rully in Burgundy. The winery has been Danish-owned since 1993. The house makes a wide range of Burgundy wines: Crémant de Bourgogne as well as white and red Burgundy from the Côte Chalonnaise. The house’s motto is quality above all else, and the grapes for all the house’s wines are harvested manually (by hand). Only the natural yeast of the grapes is used. The white and red wines are aged in French oak barrels, and bottling takes place without filtration. In 2005, Maison Albert Sounit took over the Domaine Bernollin vineyard in Montagny.
