Domaine Didier Fornerol Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge, 2023

Domaine Didier Fornerol Côte de Nuits-Villages Rouge, 2023

Regular price $60.00

100% Pinot Noir. A fragrant bouquet of ripe red fruits: think cherry and raspberry lifted by subtle floral and forest floor notes. On the palate it’s medium-bodied with silky tannins, bright acidity, and a core of juicy red berry flavors framed by gentle spice and mineral freshness. The finish is elegant and refined, making it approachable now but with enough structure to benefit from some cellar time. Delicious alongside herb-roasted chicken, grilled pork with a cherry glaze, sautéed wild mushrooms, or a soft-rind cheese like Brie.

  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Medium Tannins
  • Medium Acid
  • Fruit Forward

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PAIRS well WITH

  • Poultry
  • Grilled Foods
  • Grains & Pasta & Rice

Details

From our Importer: (This Wine) 3.70 hectares across three different parcels west of the village of Corgoloin, one near the town cemetery and two more at a higher elevation along the Route de Villiers. The average vine age is 40 years, and the winemaking follows suit with Didier’s other wines: the wine is aged 14-16 months entirely in barrel (10% new).

Didier Fornerol was the vineyard manager and cellar master at Domaine de L’Arlot from 1982 until 1998, working under Jean-Pierre de Smet for most of those years. In 1999, Didier left L'Arlot to take over his family's domaine.

Today, Didier works 6 hectares in the village of Corgoloin and produces Côtes de Nuits-Villages red and white along with small amounts of Passetoutgrain, Aligoté, and Bourgogne. Jean-Pierre de Smet, now retired from Domaine de l’Arlot but unable to step away from wine entirely, works closely with Didier in the cellar and during harvest.

The magic and soul that Didier is able to tease out of his humble appellations are a testament to a career spent learning from one of the legends of Burgundy.

Didier is an avid believer and gifted artisan in the production of whole cluster wines, making prime examples of old school Burgundy. He learned his winemaking skills from his father and took over the family’s domaine in 1999. And Jean-Pierre de Smet has been helping since 2006.

Today, he works 6 hectares in the village of Corgoloin around his family's historic estate. A majority of his vines fall under Côtes de Nuits-Villages (3.70 of Côtes de Nuits-Villages red and about 0.6 hectares of Côtes de Nuits-Villages white) plus small amounts of Passetoutgrain, Aligoté, and Bourgogne.

More than half of Didier’s 6 owned hectares fall under Côtes de Nuits-Villages, most of which is planted to Pinot Noir He has roughly 1 ha of Chardonnay vines in total across Côtes de Nuits and some Bourgogne Blanc, 40 acres of Aligoté, 25 acres dedicated to Passetoutgrain and just under a hectare of vines in Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. The Côtes de Nuits boasts shallow, brown limestone soils notorious for deeply reaching vines, which draw character soils formed by the weathering of the bedrock and brown limestone soils.

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