Nuits-Saint-Georges Rouge Les Argillats

At a Glance

  • Size: 0.65 ha (1.61 ac)
  • Variety: Pinot Noir
  • Vine Age: Planted in 1962
  • Terroir: Brown topsoil of finely-textured clay-limestone with white cryoclastic scree from Oolitic and Comblanchien limestone. Subsoil of fossilized oysters and Bajocian-era marl.
  • Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée
  • Vinification: 18 days alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 15 months in barrel (30% new).