2019 Edmond Cornu Ladoix 'Vieilles Vignes' (375ml)
SKU: B211
Regular price $29.95The entire crop is hand-harvested. The grapes are completely destemmed. The fermentation for the reds and the Aligoté occurs in stainless steel tanks; pigeage and remontage are part of the fermentation process for the red wines, the extent to which either is done is dependent on the structure of the particular vintage. Fermentation temperatures normally range between 30 and 32 degrees centigrade. After the alcoholic fermentation the red wines are racked into small barrels to age for 15 to 20 months, again the length of elevage depends on the structure of the wine, the more sturdy and complex the wine, the longer the aging in barrel. The malolactic fermentaion is done in barrel. The wines are rarely fined and only occasionally may be filtered. The few white wines produced at this domaine are, with the exception of the Aligoté, fermented and aged in small barrel with a minimal use of new oak.
"Reduction still clouds the nose of this wine and even heavy swirling reveals only some smokiness. The palate comes in with juicy ease, swishing with red-cherry that is as ripe as it is fresh. Slightly drying tannins have something boisterous about them, in line with the lively fruit. The wine is slightly rustic but very fresh and charming, (WE, 91 points)".