Binaume - Claire Naudin - La Plante d'à Côté 2019
Domaine Naudin-Ferrand is located in Magny-les-Villers, in the Côte de Nuits in Burgundy. Claire Naudin took over the estate in 1994. A follower of sustainable viticulture and integrated production, she refuses standardisation and prefers an artisanal approach to sustainable viticulture, with minimal intervention but without certification for organic or biodynamic agriculture. The estate covers around 22 hectares of vines, with a few wines such as Echezeaux, Aloxe, Ladoix, Nuit-Saint-Georges and the rest in regional appellations.
Following the 2016 frost, the original “Plante” cuvée was completely destroyed. Claire Naudin therefore created her BiNaume négoce-activity to vinify in Burgundy grapes from another region. Thus, La Plante d´à Côté is a cuvée made from Pinot Noir, 30% of which comes from mass selection and whose vines were planted in 2013, 200 km west of Beaune. The harvest is manual, in small boxes to avoid crushing the grapes, then transported in refrigerated trucks to Magny-les-Villers where they are put in vats without adding sulphites. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in concrete vats, with a minimum of extraction and pressing before the end of alcoholic fermentation to favour the fruit and limit the extraction of tannins.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir
