Bourgogne Pinot Noir 'Maison Dieu' Domaine de Bellene 2022
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Perfect to give as a giftThe "Maison Dieu" is an elegant Pinot Noir of Burgundy, born from vines of over 65 years old grown in the Cote de Nuits. The nose reveals a rich and intense profile dominated by wild fruit and plum, seasoned with floral sensations and touches of pepper. The taste shows balance and volume, exhibiting a pleasant freshness and a well-sculpted tannin.
“Maison Dieu” is the Pinot Noir from Burgundy that Nicolas Potel produces at his Domaine de Bellene. The undeniable international success of this young winemaker is the result of years of achievements in vinifying the most vocated plots in the Nuit Saint Georges region, culminating in 2005 with the creation of a true winery in the heart of the Cote de Beaune, in a building dating back to the 16th century, with its over 23 hectares of extraordinarily long-lived vines, located between Santenay and Vosne-Romanée. Nicolas is deeply committed to preserving the characteristics of the vineyard and the vine itself, using a minimally invasive agricultural approach that respects the soil's fertility. These are the reasons why his labels often strongly express the power of the terroir of origin and the pure, fruity soul of the vine.
The Pinot Noir “Maison Dieu” from Domaine de Bellene originates from vines over 50 years old, rooted in clay-limestone soils, which concentrate all their production in smalland very rich quantities of extraordinarily complex grapes. The manual harvest is carried out in order to perform a mass selection that preserves the future of each plot. The vinification follows the biodynamic calendar in its most meticulous phases and aims to avoid external interventions as much as possible, in order to maintain the organoleptic characteristics of the grapes. The must matures for 12-16 months on fine lees with a minimum addition of sulfur dioxide to avoid damage during malolactic fermentation. The aging phase is carried out for six months in French oak barrels.
Domaine de Bellene gives us with its Pinot Noir “Maison Dieu” an elegant intense ruby red that shows soft hints of berries, cherry, and strawberry, with floral notes of mulberry and violet and memories of white pepper alongside distant whiffs of tobacco and porcini mushroom. With a surprisingly pleasant and multifaceted structure, it presents an excellent and complex roundness, with a refreshing zest alongside a full body. Nicolas Potel confirms himself as a young man of great