• Vincent Paindavoine
  • Gevrey-Chambertin Les Crais

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Pinot Noir
    • Size: 0.15 ha (0.37 ac)
    • Vine Age: Planted in 1984
    • Terroir: In the alluvial zone of the Combe de Lavaux, limestone gravel and fine clay soil.
    • Viticulture: Organic (Ecocert, 2024), practicing biodynamic, the vines produce grapes with millerandage each year.
    • Vinification: 30% de-stemmed, 5-day cold maceration, 1-2-week ambient yeast vinification in stainless steel tank with daily pump-overs and a few punch-downs throughout, pressed with a vertical press, settled for 1 week, aged for 13 months in barrels (10-20% new), no fining or filtration, SO2 added before bottling (40-60 ppm total at bottling).