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Michel Gaunoux, Beaune Rouge 2019
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About the Producer
The vineyards owned by Michel Grue are mainly distributed in three locations: Pommard, Bourne and Corden. The winery mainly owns two first-grade vineyards in Pommard, namely Grands Epenots and Luciens. The Grands Epenots vineyard is the first field owned by the winery, covering an area of 1.74 hectares. The vineyard faces southwest. The bottom soil is limestone, and the topsoil is a mixture of clay and limestone. The soil also contains many small boulders and is well drained. The Luciens Park faces southeast and covers an area of 0.69 hectares. The foreign name of the vineyard, "Rugiens", is derived from Latin and is used to describe the reddish soil. As the name suggests, the park is covered with large red soil, rich in iron oxides. The Grand Cru vineyards owned by Château Michel Grue in Corden cover an area of 0.63 hectares, located in the east-south and south-west of the appellation. The soil in the park is dominated by a mixture of limestone and clay. In addition, the winery also has 4 small vineyards in the Bern region, which provide the winery with high-quality Pinot Noir grapes. For a long time, the winery insists on adopting sustainable viticulture methods, and cares and maintains the vines purely by hand. It is the consistent insistence of the winery to harvest grapes by hand. In winemaking, the hand-selected wine grapes are peeled and de-stemmed, and then placed in large open wooden barrels for 8-21 days of fermentation. The winery usually uses the maceration method to macerate the wine grapes for several days before fermentation to fully extract the color, tannins and phenolic substances in the peel. And the winery only uses its own natural yeast for fermentation to fully reflect the terroir of the vineyard. The wine obtained after fermentation is put into oak barrels for aging. The wines produced by Chateau Michel Grue have strong aging potential, strong structure and rich flavor. They are the most typical representatives of the Côte de Beaune.
