Domaine Didier Fornerol - Côte de Nuits-Villages 2022 (750ml)
Price: $124.99
| Producer | Domaine Didier Fornerol |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 205444 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Domaine Didier Fornerol Description
Didier Fornerol was the vineyard manager and cellar master at Domaine de L’Arlot from 1982 until 1998, working under Jean-Pierre de Smet for most of those years. In 1999, Didier left L'Arlot to take over his family's domaine.
Today, Didier works 6 hectares in the village of Corgoloin and produces Côtes de Nuits-Villages red and white along with small amounts of Passetoutgrain, Aligoté, and Bourgogne. Jean-Pierre de Smet, now retired from Domaine de l’Arlot but unable to step away from wine entirely, works closely with Didier in the cellar and during harvest.
The magic and soul that Didier is able to tease out of his humble appellations are a testament to a career spent learning from one of the legends of Burgundy.
Today, he works 6 hectares in the village of Corgoloin around his family's historic estate. A majority of his vines fall under Côtes de Nuits-Villages (3.70 of Côtes de Nuits-Villages red and about 0.6 hectares of Côtes de Nuits-Villages white) plus small amounts of Passetoutgrain, Aligoté, and Bourgogne.
More than half of Didier’s 6 owned hectares fall under Côtes de Nuits-Villages, most of which is planted to Pinot Noir He has roughly 1 ha of Chardonnay vines in total across Côtes de Nuits and some Bourgogne Blanc, 40 acres of Aligoté, 25 acres dedicated to Passetoutgrain and just under a hectare of vines in Hautes-Côtes de Nuits. The Côtes de Nuits boasts shallow, brown limestone soils notorious for deeply reaching vines, which draw character soils formed by the weathering of the bedrock and brown limestone soils.
The Côte de Nuits Village is sourced from 3.70 hectares across three different parcels west of the village of Corgoloin, one near the town cemetery and two more at a higher elevation along the Route de Villiers. The average vine age is 40 years, and the winemaking follows suit with Didier’s other wines: the wine is aged 14-16 months entirely in barrel (10% new).
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