Domaine Jean Claude Rateau - Gevrey Chambertin 2017
Domaine Jean-Claude Rateau is located in Beaune, in the Côte de Beaune in Burgundy . Jean-Claude Rateau comes from a wine-growing family. His paternal grandfather, a wine merchant, had planted his own vines and produced red and white Côte de Beaune. His maternal grandfather, head gardener for the city of Beaune, produced a Beaune Village that would keep for a very long time. His father, among his many businesses, cultivated and vinified for another owner family. It is therefore naturally that Jean-Claude Rateau decides to study at the wine school and that he sets out to discover France to share the experience of other winegrowers. In 1979, he established his 2 hectare estate from the family vines. He was one of the precursors of biodynamics in Burgundy. With his partners (the Thoening and Baechtold families), he planted 15 plots on 12 different terroirs.
Gevrey-Chambertin is made from Pinot Noir . The maceration lasts the entire duration of the fermentations, with two daily manual pigeages for the extraction. After fermentation, the wine is pressed and barreled in oak barrels for 9 to 18 months.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir