The vine

• Plot /climat

  Les Bressandes

• History

  Legend has it that three young ladies from Bresse gave their name to the former quarry, which was later filled in and planted with vines. More likely, the name originates from Jean Bressand, advisor to the Bishop of Beaune in the 13th century.

• Soil

  The soil is composed of ferruginous clay, silt, and abundant outcroppings of friable limestone.

• Our plot(s)

  Surface area: 94 ares. The plot is located at the top of the slope, facing east. With a slope reaching up to 15%, it is among the steepest of the vineyard.

• Age of vines

  • Planting date Surface
  • 1958 64.24a
  • 1974 15a
  • 1998 15.57a

The wine

• Description

  100% Pinot Noir from handpicked grapes and raised in oak casks.

• Taste

  It is forceful on the nose combining aromas of violets and black fruit and a delicately toasted sensation; at the start in the mouth it is full and rich, followed by deep fruitiness and then a slight saline finish.

• Serving temperature

  15/16°C. It is recommended to decante recent vintages so as to enhance the aroma.

The vintage

• 2023 - An year of plenitude. The 2023 spring weather was unsettled, with many storms that fortunately did not have damage on the vineyards. Thanks to a high rainfall in August, grapes were numerous and juicy. We feared that achieving perfect maturity would be a challenge because of the high volume of grapes, but the fruits finished ripening and the aromas concentrated extremely fast thanks to an unexpected heatwave that hit us at the beginning of September. It is also around that time that harvest started (on the 5th of September). Yeast did transform sugar into alcohol at a relatively slow pace, alcoholic fermentation finished in December. While tasting, we get a dominance of fruit driven aromas and a gourmet, elegant vintage. We note that 2023 is more refined than 2020 vintage for both reds and whites. What a blessed vintage!