From: Burgundy, France
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes: 100% barrel (40% new oak). 70-100-year-old vines. This vineyard is situated on the lower slope of Gevrey on the Morey St. Denis side; sexy nose of exotic spices, earth, ripe black cherry, and toasty oak in the nose; the mid-palate is very dense and structured with loads of dark fruit, complex spice, leather hints, and earth flavors; perfect balance and weight.
The domaine can trace its roots back to the mid 1800s where Alexis Seguin was a winemaker in Gevrey Chambertin as well as an expert in grafting vines. The phylloxera crisis allowed him to showcase his talents and was one of the first and certainly a pioneer in Burgundy grafting the vines to American rootstock to fight the disease. Numerous awards for grafting vines were attributed to Alexis in the late 1800s. Today this small family domaine owns 6.5 hectares, 4.5 are in Gevrey and Gevrey 1er Cru vineyards. The remaining sites are spread between Chambolle, Fixin and Marsannay.
