2021 Domaine Roulot Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru Rouge Burgundy, France

2021 Domaine Roulot Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru Rouge Burgundy, France

$165.00

Jean-Marc’s believes in making wines that he would like to drink rather than making wines that will appeal to modern palates. The elevage is relatively long of around 18 months, while the wines are being racked into stainless steel tanks after a year. Aging on lees for one year in barrels and six months in vats using only natural yeasts reduces any need of batonnage. Austere and “on the razor's edge” in their youth, the wines take on tremendous scale with age. The result is that the entire range of wines has good line of energy through their core, with silky texture, purity and transparency of its terroir.

The amount of new oak used ranges from 10 to 30%, depending on the character of the wine and the vintage. Roulot is not a strong advocate of lees stirring, a popular technique in Meursault to gain richness. He tells author Clive Coates, “It does, I admit, create richness, but it also creates heaviness, and one loses purity.” Jean-Marc therefore stirs a maximum of six times, only in years of high acidity and never after the malolactic fermentation.

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