Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots

The plot
Surface area : 0.75 ha (1.8 acres) Grape variety : Pinot noir
Soil : Stony, rich in loams and clays Exposure : East
Location : Mid-slope
Planting density : 10,000 vines/ha Planting years : 1981-1989

Winegrowing
Pruned using the "Guyot" method
Soil worked by mounding and unmounding, then ploughed Biological protection
Disbudding
Green harvesting and thinning of leaves

Harvesting
Picked solely by hand into small crates Sorted in the vineyard and at the winery

Vinification and ageing
Vinification
Traditional method, completely de-stemmed in open vats No yeasting – natural yeasts –
Pigeage or remontage once a day
Ageing
14 months in French oak barrels, 30% of which are new Slow malolactic fermentation
No racking

Bottling
By gravity, with no fining or filtering