David Duband Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits "Louis Auguste" 2022

The bouquet shows candied fruit, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, wild raspberries and morello cherries. A spicy touch of black pepper and pink berries, subtle aromas of iris perfume and tonka beans. Slender but already tasty on the palate, underlined by a fine line of salient acidity. Well-balanced, lingering finish.

100% Pinot Noir. The grapes are hand-picked, sorted and 60% of the wine is made from whole bunches. During the 11-day vatting period, between 5 and 7 punch downs are carried out, as well as pumping over. After pressing, the wines are settled for 2 weeks and placed in barrels. 25% of the wine is matured in new barrels and 75% in barrels aged for 1, 2 or 3 years. After 13 months of aging, the wines are racked into vats, rested for 3 months and bottled without filtration or fining.

With the domaine based in Chévannes in the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Duband’s Louis Auguste cuvée (named after his son) is arguably the domaine’s most important. The wine comes from higher-altitude sites and some of the domaine’s oldest vines (over 55 years in age). 

Farming Practice: Organic and Biodynamic