Domaine Nicolas Santenay Premier Cru 'Grand Clos Rousseau' 2021

Traditional Price €69
WineSpark Price €44.84
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Santenay isn’t widely known or appreciated… it’s the last stop south of Cotes de Beaune and before Cote Chalonnaise, so you get a darker, riper style of Pinot around here.

This wine comes from a tiny, 70 year-old Premier Cru vineyard called Grand Clos Rousseau. It’s in the same area as the Santenay Les Charmes Dessous, but the vineyard is more elevated, giving the wine a bit more finesse.

The wine is aged in 35% new French and American oak for 12 months. Using American oak in these parts is total heresy, but it rounds off the tannins and dark fruit in the wine beautifully.

Due to extremely limited supply, there's a limit of 1 bottle per customer on this wine.

Wine type

Red

Grape(s)

Pinot Noir

Country

France

Region of origin

Bourgogne

Appellation

Santenay 1er cru

Vintage

2019

Alcohol %

14%

Oak?

Yes

Months in Oak

12

Type of Oak

25% new oak

Allergens (e.g. does it contain Milk, Egg, Fish, Nuts)

None

Average age of vines

60 years

Average altitude of vines (m)

300

Soil type(s)

Argilo Calcaire

Closure Type

Cork

Is this wine organic?

No

Biodynamic?

No

Sustainably produced?

Yes

Suitable for vegans?

Yes

Ageing potential (years)

12-13

Ideal drinking window

2021-2027

Finding value in Burgundy is like finding a needle in a haystack. Luckily for you, I have connections with their finger on the pulse of young, upcoming producers and that is how Domaine Nicolas came to my attention.

The Nicolas family has been making the wine here since the French Revolution - Mylene and Benoit are the 6th generation to make the stuff.

Read more about Mylene & Benoit

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We ship to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland only. €2 per case is added to all Northern Ireland orders to cover additional shipping costs. The point of sale occurs in the Republic of Ireland.

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Noel Kennedy (Dublin)

Very tasty burgundy with nice mineral and barnyard aromas and sweet cherries on the palate. The use of new American oak is pretty obvious and crowd pleasing and should settle with time but a bit too sweet and gives a little too much vanilla flavours for me now. 90+

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