2016 MARSANNAY Charme aux Prêtres Domaine Huguenot, Lea & Sandeman

MARSANNAY

2016 Charme aux Prêtres Domaine Huguenot

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Marsannay
ABV 13%
Vineyard Charme aux Prêtres

This is nicely round fruited. Glossy. Very pretty, slightly more sunny feel. But the impact is well-checked by the touch of bright acidity. Flows well without ever getting too rich. Easy and satisfying style. Finishes more cleanly with a saline note of minerality. The grapes here come form a vineyard down in the south of the AC. Quite firm limestone below the soil, quite a thick stratum. Comblanchien, the village south of NSG where they quarry this stone gives it its name - it is almost marble-like in texture/density/hardness. L&S (Oct 2017)


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Cask sample. Greater floral fragrance than their Champs Perdrix, with more overt stemmy character too, giving a herbal note to the finish. Chewy, firm yet very satisfying to drink now thanks to the ripe red fruit and developed, open complexity on the length. GV Drinking range: 2019 - 2026 Rating: 17+ Richard Hemming MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Feb 2018)

2016 Marsannay, Charme aux Prêtres, Domaine Huguenot is another wine from the neighbouring village to Fixin which shows just how well this estate understands its terroirs and also how to get the most from their harvest. While I liked both of their Gevrey-Chambertins, they cannot compete in value for money terms with these two star wines (with Fixin Petit Crais).Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Jan 2018)

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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