Description

This wine is full of character, it's a real rustic farmer style Burgundy. The cherry fruit we usually find in pinots from Burgundy is present but takes a back seat to black raspberry and strawberry. On the palate we find the subtle strawberry again but also a nice spice and a surprisingly good grip and long finish.

Producer Description

Domaine de L'echelette is located in the tiny and very picturesque commune of La Chapelle-Sous-Brancion. The buildings that comprise the current domaine are from the late 19th century and are in a U-Shape, inspired by many17th century Renaissance Che2teaux. The winery overlooks green rolling hills, with grazing sheep and cows. With your back to the beautiful vineyards, and their leaves reflecting the golden sun you look down, mid-valley to the Chateau de Nobles a beautiful castle from the 14th century.The wines are rustic in style, real farmer wines. A bit rough around the edges like the hand of the winemaker, but purely beautiful like the landscape surrounding the domaine.The Domaine de l'Echelette is located it the heart of Burgundy; in the Me2connais region which is famous for its white wines made from the Chardonnay grape.The Domaine has been a family business for 35 years; it was built 130 years ago for the purpose of producing wine. Unfortunately the production of wine decreased rapidly at the end of the 19th century as phylloxera rapidly decimated a vast majority of the vineyards.It was only in 1976 -one century after its creation - that Michel Champliaud bought it and gave the vineyard their life back.The vineyard is now shared between three villages and is made up of vines between 7 and 57 years. The vines thrive in Burgundy's famous argilo-calcareous (clay-limestone) soil.M. Champliaud is proud to consciously follow the wine producing tradition of Burgundy, and works very rigorously to satisfy the high quality standards he sets for himself in growing and managing the vineyard as well as in producing wine. Each wine results from a year of hard work and reflects the love and care the winegrowers - give to the vineyard day after day, month after month and year after year.