Vigne Au Roy Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes De Nuits 2022

Profile & Story

Prosper Maufoux is a historic Burgundy wine house founded in 1860, housed today in the Château de Saint-Aubin on the Route des Grands Crus, in the heart of the celebrated wine region south of Beaune. The estate farms nine hectares of vines, mostly Chardonnay, under sustainable, HVE3-certified viticulture across prestigious terroirs including Saint-Aubin, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Chassagne-Montrachet, and its wines are shaped by a modern, non-interventionist philosophy of slow extractions and gentle vinification aimed at elegance, finesse and character. This Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, produced under the Domaine Vigne au Roy label, comes from vines planted between 300 and 400 meters of elevation on the Jurassic limestone plateau west of the Côte de Nuits, where the geological makeup mirrors that of the Côte de Nuits itself but the surface soils are very thin or even absent, leaving clay-limestone derived from the decomposition of limestone and marl. The grapes are whole-bunch pressed immediately after harvest and given a 24-hour static settling at 12°C before the musts go into vat, where alcoholic and malolactic fermentation take place; the wine is then aged for ten months split between stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels, twenty percent new, lightly toasted blonde oak.

Pairing Recommendation

Recommended with grilled or roasted fish, raw vegetables and mixed salads, and goat's and sheep's milk cheeses.