Morgan Truchetet - Nuits-Saint-Georges "Les Topons" 2018
Burgundy
Red
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Drink or Keep
17/20
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
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1*Étoile
Hachette
"On the nose as well as the palate, this wine expresses remarkable depth, opulence and velvety texture: a racy Pinot of fine origin." (Bourgogne Aujourd'hui - August-September 2020) Julie and Morgan's savoir-faire is once again expressed here with this deep Nuits-Saint-Georges sur rafle. A fine ambassador for its appellation and vintage.
Features
Estate
Domaine Truchetet
Cuvée
Les Topons
Vintage
2018
Designation
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Terroirs
Clay-loam soils, "Les Topons" locality, and a plot of land in Premeaux-Prissey adjoining the estate.
Viticulture
Organic wine made from grapes selected, harvested and vinified by the estate.
Harvest
Manual with 1st sorting carried out in the vineyard followed by a 2nd on a vibrating sorting table
Winemaking
Whole harvest, cold pre-fermentation for a few days, very little punching of the cap but some pumping over.
Breeding
12 months in barrel (25% new)
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Intense ruby red
Nose
Rich, black fruit with spicy notes
Mouth
Full-bodied, concentrated, intense, juicy. This vintage's controlled, well-balanced whole harvest with its ripe stalks brings precision, depth and structure to the wine.
Serve
AT 13-15°C
Open
Aerate in advance for recent vintages
Drink from
2023
Drink before
2032
Guard
10-15 years
Food and wine pairing
Goes very well with a wild boar terrine, boiled eggs or boletus brouillade, venison stew, partridge estouffade with chestnuts, etc.
Domaine Truchetet
Nuits-Saint-Georges
Expert opinion
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
Wine rated (2020 guide) 17/20
Rated area (2022 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
On the nose as on the palate, this wine expresses remarkable depth, opulence and velvety texture: a distinguished Pinot of fine origin.
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (guide 2021) 1*Star (Very successful wine)
Domaine noté (guide 2022) Award-winning wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)
About the wine:
The Truchetet family purchased grapes from a plot adjacent to the family estate. Vinified from whole harvests, this attractive vin de garde stands out for the thickness of its substance and the consistency of its tannins. A fine ambassador for its appellation and vintage.
About the domain :
Domaine established in Premeaux-Prissey, the village with 2 churches, that of Premeaux and that of Prissey. Jean-Pierre Truchetet set up in 1980 with his wife Sylvie, and now farms 5.3 ha. The 6th generation, the winemaker's 2 children, Morgan and Julie, took over the estate (in organic conversion) in 2019 and created a trading structure to expand their range.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine noté (guide 2021) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).
About the domain :
In January 2019, Morgan Truchetet and his sister Julie took over the family estate, which consists of just over five hectares, plus a small trading activity under the name of Morgan Truchetet, with purchases of standing grapes. From the outset, Julie and Morgan, who trained in viticulture and winemaking at the Lycée Viticole de Beaune, enjoyed the full confidence of their father, who gave them complete freedom to work the vines and make their own wine. Everything here is done to respect the integrity of the grapes: after passing through a vibrating table, the grapes are destemmed for a pre-fermentation maceration at 11-12° for a few days; the temperature of the alcoholic fermentations is controlled, with three to four punchings of the cap and two to three pump-overs per cuvée. All the work is carried out by gravity, from vat filling to barrel filling, with the proportion of new barrels limited to 20%. Private customers, who are welcome to visit the winery, will be seduced by the good humor of these two young winemakers and the aromatic purity of their best Pinot Noirs, a grape variety that accounts for 80% of the winery's volumes. Organic farming certification, which was undertaken in March 2020, immediately reveals the fine ambitions of the estate.
Customer reviews
Customer rating
2/5
out of 1 review
Note and review by Mme LOUISE C. Published on 02/01/2022
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