The only variety of Burgundy red wines: the delicate Pinot Noir.
Terroir
This climat on a gentle slope is characterized by a brown, very filtering limestone soil, mixed with clay and sand. This vine, planted 30 years ago, was purchased for the 2012 harvest.
Origine du nom
Elaborating a great wine without vines is an impossible mission for a wine producer! (In French the name “Sanvignes” sounds like “sans vignes” – without vines.) In fact the name comes from « EN SANVIGNES », small town where Gallo-romanic ruins were found. The surrounding vines bore this name which was transformed into « Cents Vignes ».
Vinification
We aim to obtain fruity wines, rich in blended tannins, signature of well ripened grapes. We bring in the grapes in small crates for careful sorting in the winery. The fermentation lasts 15 days with pigeages, punching down of the cap, allowing the wine to soak up the richness and the colour from the grape-skins before pressing.. Racking by the means of a bellow eliminates the need for a pump. All these precautions limit handling of the wine, thus preserving all the richness. Ageing takes place in barrels of which 25 % are new during 15 months.
Notes de dégustation
The Pinot Noir expresses itself marvelously, blending the smoothness and roundness of the Beaunes with the force, richness and depth of the cellaring wines, the “vins de garde“. You can keep it 10 years in the cellar without problem.
Accords mets & vins
Powerful, we advise to serve it at 15°C with a guinea fowl, a lamb meat, a confit loin of a suckling pig, a breast of duck or a tasty soft cheese like the Brie de Melun.
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