Auxey-Duresses Vieilles Vignes Alain Gras 2009

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Auxey-Duresses Vieilles Vignes Alain Gras 2009

The wine

This 100% Pinot Noir from clay-chalk soil and 100-year-old vines is produced in a quantity of 6000 bottles per year. Sustainable growth, harvests by hand, total destemming, and twelve months of maturation contribute to the superb character of this wine with its ruby red colour and bright glints of raspberry pink. Its intense aromas of ripe fruit develop animal hints over time. On the palate, the wine is velvety with a lovely, tannic structure. To bring out its best qualities, open the bottle a few hours before serving. It will pair perfectly with grilled or roasted red meat, as well as light game dishes.

About the Producer Alain Gras

Alain Gras, descendant of a family of Burgundy winegrowers, settled in Saint-Romain in 1979 with the aim of promoting this appellation, still relatively unknown to wine lovers. And yet, with colossal cliffs protecting the vines from the wind, limestone soils perfectly adapted to producing fine wines, and several hundred hectares planted in the commune, everything was in place for the appellation to rival its more famous neighbours on the Côte.
Today, the estate covers 15 hectares of vineyards in the Saint-Romain, Auxey-Duresses and Meursault appellations. Working with a sustainable mindset, the estate follows traditional methods in the winery for both vinification and ageing, always with one goal in mind: crafting wines that are generous, mineral and elegant, wines that can be sipped, enjoyed young or after a few years in the cellar. This is a challenge that has been brilliantly met, and one that Alain and Nathalie’s son, Arthur, is preparing to take on himself as he trains in viticulture.
Producing red and white wines, Alain Gras ranks among the finest estates for enthusiasts with a taste for still affordable Côte de Beaune wines. A real iDealwine team favourite which we urge you to taste without delay.