Food pairing: All game, braised beef, lamb, stewed poultry, veal, rabbit, cheese...
Serving temperature: 15-16°C
Tasting notes:
Purple dress with brown reflections. A nose of red berry jam (raspberry, strawberry, cherry) with notes of leather and spices.
Domain:
Domaine Machard de Gramont is a 200 years old Domaine located just south of the town of Nuits-St-Georges in the small village of Premeaux-Prissey.
This very large Domaine (45 acres) produces wines from Nuits-St-Georges, Nuits-St-Georges Premier Cru, Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard Premier Cru, and Chorey-Les-Beaune, as well as excellent Bourgogne Pinot Noir and Bourgogne Chardonnay.
The modern, well-equipped cellars are very impressive with a very large arched cellar capable of housing many oak barrels.
Vinification:
Manual harvest. The grapes are put in small cases and transferred rapidly to the winery. Destemming depends on the quality of the grapes.
Vinification in open wooden tanks. 3-days cold pre-fermentation followed by 21 days of vinification with pumping over and punching of the cap twice a day.
Pneumatic pressing. Aging in oak barrels lasts 14 months (50% new barrels).
