SANTENAY 1er crû Clos Tavannes Pousse d'Or 2019

Appellation : Premier Cru

Superficie : 2,09 hectares

Situation : Parcelle bordée de murs de pierre sur trois côtés.

Orientation : Est

Sol : Composé de calcaires durs renforcés de marnes.

Cépage : 100% Pinot Noir

Années de plantation : 29% en 1920, 19% en 1968, 34% en 1979, et 18% en 1998

Vignoble : Les vignes sont cultivées sans pesticide ni insecticide, et l'unique apport, la fumure, est d'origine naturelle. La terre est travaillée, sans désherbant, pour maintenir l'aération ainsi que la souplesse du sol.

Vinification : Vendange manuelle en caissettes, triée en cuverie, éraflée à 100 %. Macération à froid pendant 7 jours, régulation de la température de fermentation, deux pigeages par jour, cuvaison pendant 21 jours. Élevage : Sur lie en fûts de chêne (20% neufs) pendant 15 mois, fermentation malolactique naturelle et tardive, sans collage ni filtration, soutirage et mise en bouteille par gravité.

Dégustation : Nez très ouvert et expressif dévoilant des arômes de fruits noirs mêlés à des notes toastées. La bouche est fine et bien équilibrée, grasse en finale ; belle maturité.

BURGHOUND : 90

2019 Santenay “Clos des Tavannes”: A somber nose is comprised by notes of red and dark berries, plum and prominent earth nuances. The round, delicious and nicely delineated flavors possess a refreshing salinity on the youthfully austere and rustic finale. This acceptably fresh and vibrant effort should be approachable after 3 to 4 years and reward 7 to 8. 89/2026+

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Benoît Landanger, who has assumed the direction of this domaine and has converted it to biodynamic farming principles, briefly noted that “2019 is a terrific vintage but it didn’t give us much quantity as our yields were only 20 to 20 hl/ha. We picked from the 11th of September and maturities were actually pretty uniform as potential alcohols bunched between 13.5 to 13.8% with two wines at 14%, which was the highest degree we had. I’m really pretty happy with the results as the transparency is much better than one would expect given how warm the growing season was.” Once again, I had a chance to taste three wines that were vinified exactly the same as the regular cuvées but were raised in amphora; this is to say the En Caillerets, Clos de la Bousse d’Or and the Clos des 60 Ouvrées vineyards. I note these using the term amphore in the reviews, but the actual terminology found on the label reads “Vinifié et Élevé en Amphore”. I would add that I was really impressed with the quality of the 2019 vintage here as the wines seem to have just a bit more of that hard to describe “presence” than usual. Landanger noted that the wines from the Côte de Beaune were bottled in February 2021.