Pernand Vergelesses 1er Cru "Les fichots" from the 2022 vintage - A very beautiful, successful, rich, complex and delicate wine, which will accompany the best grilled or sauced meats and game.
Pernand Vergelesses Premier Cru red 2022 - "Les Fichots"
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Premier Cru "Les Fichots" 2022 from the superb Pernand-Vergelesses appellation.
Dark ruby colour with purple reflections, a wine that offers a beautiful concentration and a superb balance of flavours thanks to a very successful 2022 vintage in Burgundy red wines. Wine with expressive aromas of red fruits (strawberry, raspberry), but also floral (violet). The tannins are present but already remarkably melted.
A remarkable 1er Cru that will continue to evolve, but which, thanks to the substance provided by the vintage, already offers the balance and amplitude that can be expected from the very great red wines of the Côte de Beaune.
Full, round Burgundy red wine: pasta and risotto, grilled or roasted pork, roasted veal, sauce or pan-fried, Lamb, poultry, rabbit, roast beef, game birds, liver, kidneys in sauce, skewers, kebab, woks, camembert, brie
Appellation
Premier CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
Pinot NoirHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de BeauneVintage
2022Service
14 to 16 degreesCustody potential
2029
Characteristics of the wines
In red, Pernand-Vergelesses has dark ruby lines with intense purple reflections. The nose opens with strawberry, raspberry and violet as well. Older, the wine draws on undergrowth and spices. The palate is conciliatory with solid shoulders and well-integrated tannins. Fleshy and full-bodied, its fat gives it all the necessary harmony.
In white, white gold and pale yellow are tinged with gold with age. The aromas of white flowers (hawthorn, acacia) announce with time amber and honey, spices again. On the palate, a mineral, harmonious and very pleasant wine.
Sommelier's tip
Red: solid and luscious, it is a great seducer. With its virile but superbly melted tannins, its preference is naturally for meats with relatively strong flavours such as roasted, braised or sauced veal, leg of lamb, game birds and grilled pork. A roast beef will also succumb to its character. On the cheese platter: Mont d'Or, Vacherin,
Tomme de Savoie, Reblochon, Cîteaux.
Serving temperature: 15 to 16 °C.
White: lively, light and playful, it is the great wine of sushi, which it will awaken while respecting their double crunchy and mellow texture. He enjoys the company of freshwater fish in white sauce, or pasta and seafood risottos, which he puts into perspective thanks to his vivacity. He also appreciates cheeses from the Gruyère, Blue and Goat family.
Serving temperature: 10 to 12 °C.
Situation
Nestled at the confluence of two valleys, Pernand-Vergelesses is located on the heights of the Côte de Beaune. It is the "Montagne de Corton" which is home to three villages and the same passion shared with Aloxe-Corton and Ladoix-Serrigny on a remarkable wine-growing site: Corton in red, Corton-Charlemagne in white, two prestigious Grands Crus. On the hillside and with its steep streets, Pernand has a smiling face. A cultural mecca: renovator of the theatre in France (the RRF, the Vieux Colombier in Paris), craftsman during the 1920s of one of the first "decentralisations" of dramatic art, Jacques Copeau
(1879-1949) lived there for a long time and gave birth to the adventure of the Copiaus (great actors were trained in this "school troupe" in a winegrower's spirit). This work remains alive.
Terroirs
Most of the vines are exposed to the east, south and a few to the northeast. The altitude: between 250 and 300 meters. At the base of the hillside, clay-limestone soils mixed with "chaillots" (siliceous residues of flint limestone). They are loose, rich in potash and phosphoric acid. Halfway up the hillside, the stony limestone soil is suitable for Pinot Noir. At the top, marly, brown or yellowish soils are devoted to Chardonnay.
List of climats and localities of this appellation
Appellation Village
VINEYARDS OF THE CÔTE DE BEAUNE
Village appellation of the Côte de Beaune, in Côte-d'Or (AOC).
This appellation includes 8 Climats classified as Premier Cru.
Municipality of production: Pernand-Vergelesses.
The commune of Pernand-Vergelesses also produces 3 Grands Crus : CORTON, CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE, CHARLEMAGNE.
The PERNAND-VERGELESSES and PERNAND-VERGELESSES PREMIER CRU appellations may or may not be followed by the name of their climate of origin.
Area in production*:
1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m2 = 24 hectares
Reds: 80.10 ha
(including 43.10 ha in Premier Cru)
Whites: 78.42 ha
(including 40.17 ha in Premier Cru)
Red wines, Pinot Noir grape variety.
White wines, Chardonnay grape variety.
Source: BIVB
Located in Ladoix Serrigny in the far north of the Côte de Beaune, Domaine Maratray Dubreuil is one of the most prestigious and consistent estates in this part of Burgundy.
The Domaine has a cultivated surface area of 19 hectares and offers several great village appellations such as Aloxe Corton, Ladoix in red and white, Pernand Vergelesses, Chorey Les Beaune, Savigny Les Beaune, but also premiers Crus and several Grands Crus of Burgundy : Corton (Bressandes, Clos du Roi) and the famous Corton Charlemagne in Grand Cru blanc de Bourgogne.
Particular care is taken at each stage, both for the rigorously cultivated vines, and for the harvest, which is picked by hand and then vinified in the traditional way while taking advantage of the various technological developments, with an ageing in barrels of 12 months for the white wines and 18 months for the red wines.
