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Our wines
Chorey-les-Beaune Rouge
Service
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Cellaring
Optimal consumption: 5 to 8 years
Ageing potential: 10 years
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Tasting temperature
16°C (61-62°F)
Grape variety
Pinot Noir
Vineyard
Producing commune: Chorey-les-Beaune.
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.
Chorey-les-Beaune is located on the ancient Roman lane, « Agrippa » way, built in 12 B.C.
History & tradition: the wine is often sold under the more common appellation of Côte-de-Beaune Villages. Joseph Drouhin owns vineyards in Chorey.
Soil: clay and limestone.
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Tasting
by Véronique Boss-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.
Vintage
2023 stands out as one of the hotest years in Burgundy, surpassing even 2022.
This vintage is marked by its generosity, both in quantity and quality, with consistent yields across all regions in Burgundy.
The wines offer flavours of ripe red and black berries.
The climate's generosity is evident in these Pinots Noirs.
They show excellent ripeness with smooth, long, and complex palates.
2023 is a vintage of high quality.
Winemaking
Supply: this wine comes from grapes harvested on some parcels of the Drouhin Family Properties as well as from grapes and musts purchased from supply partners according to rigorous specifications.
Harvest: grapes harvested by hands in open-work crates. If necessary, a careful sorting is proceeded.
Vinification: total destemming. In accordance with the terroir and the profile of the vintage, we do 2 to 3 weeks of fermentation and maceration in small open vats, marked by punching of the cap and pumping-over. The yeasts are indigenous (natural). Pressing in a vertical press. Separation of the ends of the presses based on tasting.
Ageing: in oak barrels including 20% of new barrels.
The ageing lasts between 12 to 16 months.
Origin of the wood: oak grown in French high forest.
Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation. The data obtained is completed through technical analysis. As with every other Joseph Drouhin wine, absolute priority is given to the true expression of terroir and character of the vintage.