ARBOIS PINOT NOIR COMBE LEUBET 2019
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Several generations have been necessary to patiently built one of the largest and greatest estates in the area, focused on key appellations such as Château-Chalon, l’Étoile and Arbois. The Domaine MAIRE & Fils covers nowadays 234 hectares of vines producing all the area grapes varieties.
Pinot Noir is often blended with other varieties, for its flavour and cellaring potential. It can also be enjoyed as a single-varietal wine.
With a bright ruby red colour, the Pinot Noir offers in this Arbois a pleasant nose, straight and fine, with red fruits aromas. In the mouth, this is a rich and powerful wine with flavours of black fruits and fine spices notes. A great, racy wine for keeping as shown by the really present but elegant tannins.
kilometres between Burgundy and Switzerland, in the eastern France.
The Arbois AOC is the oldest and largest of the Jura's four geographic AOCs. In particular, it was France's first AOC (created in 1937).
Its name originates in the Celtic words "ar" and "bois" that would mean "fertile land".
They were planted in 2001 on stony limestone soils over beds of silty clay.
The work in the vines, is based on the respect of the nature and the soil. For young vines, located on steep slopes, to avoid erosion, we cultivate a row out of two, practice soil reassembly to aerate the lands subjected to settlement due to moisture, and grass with plants. Such as clover, which, by competing on the vine, can modulate its mineral and water supply and control its vigour and yield. The Guyot double size is necessary for the Pinot Noir to better control its performance.
Reception of the harvest, with sorting on sorting table. Total maceration of 12 days in thermos-regulated stainless steel tank. Followed regularly throughout the fermentation,
incorporating some pumping and pigeage (punching).
At the moment of pressing, the press and drop juices of each cuvee are assembled and withdrawn for malolactic fermentation on fine lees.
Ageing, partially in oak barrels (including 20% new oak) for 8 months allowing to keep the fruity and typical character of the grape. Bottling is scheduled in June with a light filtration.
Despite a year marked by weather events, notably an episode of frost in May which hit yields hard, the 2019 promises to be very qualitative.
During the summer, the Jura benefited from regular rain, thanks to passing storms which mitigated the effects of the heatwave.
Lower volumes and sunny yet cool weather during ripening and harvesting presage an aromatic and concentrated vintage, especially in the selected plots of the Domaine Maire & Fils, whose enologist Jacques Hauller is now supervising the whole chain of production, including vinification.