2020 Domaine des Fauvettes l'aube a l'aube

WINEMAKER: Maryse Chatelin
REGION: Burgundy, FR
VARIETAL: Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

Made from 100% AOC Bourgogne Pinot Noir from Maryse's own plot planted on pure limestone. A portion is directly pressed over de-stemmed fruit to create an infusion for the wine. Once dry it is pressed to old foudres via gravity where it remains for 11 months. This is an incredibly pure example of Pinot Noir bottled with no additions whatsoever and teems with the life Maryse has incubated in this special site. Its much richer than the 2019, bold and yet elegant.

From a tiny cellar adjacent to her home in the village of Uchizy in the Mâconnais, Maryse Chatelin produces wines of rare finesse. Having worked alongside her husband Alexandre Jouveaux for many years as well as multiple vintages with Jérôme Guichard at Domaine Sauveterre she was well placed to realise her own dream. In 2012 Maryse found herself a quiet spot amongst woodland outside the village of Uchizy and planted a tiny patch of Pinot Noir over pure limestone.

Well aware of the effect climate change is having on the environment, the site faces east and is one of the highest in the region at 300 metres above sea level. The vineyard’s remote location allows for a real focus on biodiversity and the beautiful site positively teems with life. In the cellar, Maryse displays a real lightness of touch. Fermentations are carried out as infusions with de-stemmed fruit covered in direct pressed juice. The wines are aged in very old, large foudre and bottled by gravity directly from the casks, unfiltered, with nothing added at all. Her thoughtful, original and strikingly pure expressions of Pinot Noir are truly one of a kind.