2021 Domaine Cruchandeau Ladoix Les Ranches

Julien Cruchandeau, a former musician, has been cultivating vineyards in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits since 2003, creating wines of depth and dimension in an area once known for high volume production. This Ladoix Pinot Noir comes from vines planted in 1974 at the northern end of the Côtes de Nuits, below the 1er Cru La Micaude. Since 2011, the vineyards have been farmed organically without chemical fertilizers. The wine is made with 30% whole cluster, undergoes cold maceration for ten days, ferments with indigenous yeasts in vats, then ages 12 months in oak casks with 10% new oak, producing an aromatic and fresh expression of Burgundy terroir.