Fixin La Place 2023

Village. Pinot Noir, planted 1973, 0.41 ha in La Place, Fixin.

From upper Fixin, facing east to west, gentle slope, silt and clay soil with limestone. Careful de-stemming (65% whole berries), cold pre-fermentation maceration (10°C), minimal punch-downs. Aged 16 months in barrels (70% one-year-old, 30% new), racked once before bottling. Vines are pruned to Guyot simple. Harvest is entirely by hand with yields of about 36 hL per hectare.