Background

It took more than 40 years for Jean Gros, and then Michel to put back together the unique parcel of Fontaine Saint Martin in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, around the village of Arcenant. This hillside slope of 7 hectares, facing east-south-east like the Côte de Nuits, rises in tiers at an elevation between 350 and 390 m.

Tasting notes

Aromas of hazelnuts, toasted bread and vanilla. Expressive on the palate with fullness, this is a mineral wine with an delicate wood notes and an excellent length.

Winemaking

The harvest is exclusively manual, with a team of around fifty pickers. Yeasting of the must and beginning of the alcoholic fermentation are performed in temperature controlled tank. The wines are then transferred into barrels when fermentation is mid-complete. This ends slowly at cellar temperature. The proportion of new barrels is around 20%. A stirring of the lees is done at the same time as the topping up of the barrels (every 10 days on average), until the racking which takes place after the malolactic fermentation.

Food pairings

Lighter meat dishes including poultry and pork. Fish dishes both cooked and raw. Fresh seafood and shellfish. Creamy goats cheese.