Domaine Jérémy Recchione - Hautes Côtes de Nuits - White 2024
In the cool heights of the Côte de Nuits, Jérémy Recchione crafts wines that belong to a discreet Burgundy, attentive to detail and micro-volumes. His work is part of a generation of winemakers and artisan-negociants who seek less to reproduce an expected style than to let the carefully chosen parcels speak. The Hautes-Côtes de Nuits provide an essential setting here: altitude, ventilation, limestone soils, and slower ripening allow the Chardonnay to retain an energy that sometimes gets lost in sunnier areas. The estate has been noted for cuvées produced in very small quantities, with a natural, low-intervention approach that favors the purity of fruit and clarity of balance. This 2024 white comes from Curtil-Vergy, a perched village in the back hills, whose terroirs are increasingly sought after for their freshness and tension. The cuvée thus reveals a precise and luminous reading of Burgundian Chardonnay, far from overly rich or heavy whites. It possesses the discreet elegance of high-altitude wines, where finesse counts more than showiness.
This cuvée is made from Chardonnay grown in the Curtil-Vergy area, in the Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits appellation. Available information indicates an extremely limited production of 886 bottles, immediately placing this wine in a rare category, intended for connoisseurs attentive to small Burgundian signatures. The clay-limestone soils and white marls bring mineral tension, mouth freshness, and a chalky sensation particularly suited to Chardonnay. Fermentation takes place in ceramic jars and 500-liter barrels, two complementary vessels that allow combining precision, breathing, and texture without marking the wine with dominant wood. The aging, conducted with restraint, supports the material without fixing it, preserving the lively character of the vintage. With 12.5% alcohol, the 2024 maintains a digestible, taut balance, guided more by momentum than power. This white stands out for its very pure, almost vertical profile, yet sufficiently enveloping to never seem austere.
The color presents as a bright pale yellow, with pale reflections that announce a fresh and precise Chardonnay. The nose opens with ripe lemon, fresh pear, white apple, and light flowers, then reveals finer nuances of almond, wet stone, and chalk. On the palate, the attack is clean, carried by a lively but well-integrated acidity that gives the wine a great sense of movement. The texture remains fluid, almost crystalline, but the fermentation in jar and barrel adds slight volume, a more settled texture, and discreet depth. The finish extends the citrus, white fruits, and delicate salinity, with that chalky tension that invites another glass. This Hautes-Côtes de Nuits white will pair very well with just-seared scallops, a noble fish in lemon sauce, shellfish, farm poultry, mushroom risotto, or aged goat cheese. Served around 10 to 12°C, in a fairly open glass, it will better reveal its relief, altitude freshness, and the precision of its aging.
Grape variety: Chardonnay
