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Chorey les Beaunes, 2021, Maison Joseph Drouhin
A very pleasant wine. Bright, clear red colour. Aromas are surprising in their intensity and fruit. On the palate, a tender, supple, graceful, round body. Very flavourful in the aftertaste, with a hint of blackberry jam. When the wine gets older, wild blackberry is the dominant aroma. After 3 or 5 years, the wine takes on a distinctive smell of truffle and undergrowth evolving towards notes of venison

Chorey les Beaunes, 2021, Maison Joseph Drouhin

SKU: JDCHOREY21
HK$258.00Price

  • Grape Variety :

    Pinot Noir.

    Vineyard

    Site: very close to Beaune, as the name indicates. This is a small appellation around the tiny village of Chorey, at the foot of the hill of Corton.
    History & tradition: the vineyard of Chorey-les-Beaune was founded in 1237 by Edouard de Froment, the Duke of Burgundy'step-nephew.
    The wine is often sold under the more common appellation of Côte-de-Beaune Villages. Joseph Drouhin owns vineyards in Chorey (pronounced "Sho-Ray").
    Soil: clay and limestone.
    Drouhin estate: 1,3 ha. (3.25 acres).
    Average age of the vines: 53 years.

    Viticulture

    Biological cultivation since 1990; biodynamic cultivation a few years later.
    Vine stocks: "sélection massale" (propagation of new vine stocks from a number of selected vines) done at the Drouhin nursery; also clones of recognized quality.
    Soil maintenance: compost of manure and white wood, sometimes guano (seabird manure used as fertilizer). Soil is ploughed either by tractor or by horse to manage spreading of weeds.
    Treatment: only authorized products for biological cultivation are used: infusions and macerations of plant materials, sulfur and copper, powdered rock. Natural predators are not eliminated.
    Plantation density: from 10,000 to 12,500 stocks/ha in order to extract all possible nuances from the terroir and limit the production of each vine stock.
    Pruning: Guyot.
    Yield: we aim to keep our yields low, more in line with the previous regulation: around 20% less than allowed by the current law.
    Supply: grapes from the domaine in addition to grapes and wine purchased from regular supply partners (long-term contracts).

    Vinification

    Harvesting: by hand, in small open crates in order to preserve the integrity of the fruit
    Sorting of the grapes: in the vineyard and at the cuverie (winery) if necessary.
    Maceration:

    • maceration and vinification take 2 to 3 weeks
    • indigenous yeasts
    • maceration and fermentation temperatures under total control
    • Joseph Drouhin seeks total control of the process of extraction; extraction gives colour and substance to a wine but should never be detrimental to its finesse and typical character.
      "Pigeage" (punching down of the cap during fermentation): once a day until half of fermentation is done; one pumping over (remontage) per day till the end of the fermentation.
      Pressing: separation of free run juice from pressed juice.

       

    Ageing

    Type: in barrels (10% in new oak)
    Length: 12 to 15 months.
    Origin of the wood: French oak forests.
    Weathering of the wood: Joseph Drouhin insists on total control of the weathering for a period of 3 years, one of the contributing elements to the elegance of the wine.
    Follow-up: barrel by barrel.
    Fining ("collage", to clarify the wine): light, after careful tasting.

    Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation, barrel