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Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 2023Nathalie owns 1. 4 hectares of Pinot Noir in Santenay, split among three parcels: Les Vaux Dessus, Les Charmes Dessus, and Bievaux. Her Santenay Rouge, aged for a year and a half in 20% new barrels, is the kind of effortlessly soulful, meat and potatoes red Burgundy that can only be made by a grower who knows how and when to get out of the way of the terroir. It shows terrific balance; it is pure of fruit without feeling fussily pristine; its telltale

the workhorse of the estate

The color is an attractive pale red tinged with a slight orange hue

“Prologo” nonetheless displays remarkable poise and elegance

and fine with excellent balance and beautifully ripe fruit

undergoing a lengthy 11 ½-year stint on its lees before being disgorged in January 2023 with 3 grams per liter of dosage

savory tannins

it takes 100 kilograms of grapes to produce a mere 10 liters of Vin de Paille at Montbourgeau

then six further months in stainless steel to assemble

The grapes are left to raisin in the open air until the January following harvest

The “Journaries” is approachable at an earlier stage than its companion “La Chavaroche” but

Despite the expected increase in concentration and structure with this wine compared to Les Sables

this wine contains three local varieties: 60% Vien de Nus