2023 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France Domaine de L’Octavin Malolactic: Completed spontaneously

Malolactic: Completed spontaneously

one of the ways Fred achieves the balance we look for in our spirits

10 ppm SO2 added before vinification

The vines selected for this assemblage are between 50 and 90 years old and the musts were vinified on the full lees in barriques for one year

A supple citrus and yellow apple (almost cider-like) scents dominate the nose

2023 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France Domaine de L’Octavin Malolactic: Completed spontaneouslyThis wine comes from their two parcels Les Rouges du Bas, older vines planted in 1955, on the slope and Les Quartieres de Nuits, where the soil is iron rich red, with very small bits of limestone. At the bottom of the hill, just outside the wall of Clos Vougeot. They prefer to blend because the complexity of each site.