2015 FIXIN Petits Crais Domaine Huguenot, Lea & Sandeman

FIXIN

2015 Petits Crais Domaine Huguenot

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Fixin
ABV 13.5%
Vineyard Petits Crais

At the edge of the bottom of a combe, this is on a mostly clay soil with calcareous rubble washed down from the valley. Wines on these deeper soils can be more structured, take longer to 'get there', and can age longer too. Solid structure of fine tannins, all filling out the juicy, lively fruit. Here the tannin is more present, it's quite a chunky, solid style, but there is plenty of fruit here to go with it. Drinking range: 2020 - L&S (Nov 2016)


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Quite a solid, chunky style, partly due to the predominance of clay soil, interspersed with calcareous rocks, this has plenty of dark fruit and concentration to age well. The oak is a little obvious now but give it a few years and this will be a very rewarding bottle. Drinking range: 2018 - 2025 Rating: 91 Andy Howard MW, Decanter (Aug 2018)

Cask sample. Cranberry and redcurrant fruit - even a hint of rhubarb here. Tart but not too sharp. In fact, there is a silky tannic structure that provides nice texture by contrast. There's perhaps just a little too much oak dominance on the finish. Drinking range: 2018 - 2024 Rating: 16.5 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2017)

Petits Crais. In the north part so going into Marsannay and sandy marls...marl with the texture of the sand. Late harvest. Ripe red fruits. This is juicy and has a bite at the end of the palate. It is a touch more rustic than the Marsannay. It has a some grip on the finish. A bit more austere. “A good wine to have with hare,” thought Jerome and Laurent. Sarah Marsh MW, The Burgundy Briefing (Dec 2016)

Domaine Huguenot

The Huguenots can trace their history in Marsannay and working in the vines back to 1789. Currently the domaine is run by Philippe. His father Jean-Louis expanded the domaine from five to twenty-two hectares (twelve in Marsannay, six in Fixin, and four in Gevrey) before handing over the reins. Philippe took the bold step of taking the whole domaine into organic production (the conversion was completed in 2010), but immensely sadly he was forced to do a single non-organic treatment in 2016, because of the terrible conditions, so he was back to square one - three years to re-qualify for the organic label. Nevertheless Philippe, although initially unsure if he would try for the certification again was not planning to change the way he works - it is, he assures us, better for him and the environment and and his workers as well as for quality. So he fought his way back, and the wines have been certified organic again since 2019. Philippe now has 23 hectares in production.

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