Description
OLIVIER GARD – Burgundy, was borned in a family of farmers, and followed an unusual professional way. In 1990, he began to grow a fewacres of vineyards and red fruits.
Today, Manuel is a wine specialist, he grows grapes on a 11 ha area inthe Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune. At 38 years old, he is one of the “new generation” winegrowers, and
rewarded by many medals.
MATURING
The wine has remained 18 months in contact with fine lees in oak casks (30% of new barrels, 30% of 1-yearold barrels, 30% of over-3-year-old barrels). Barrels benefit from a 36-month drying process, the oak comes from the Allier and the Vosges forests. Light, slow and long toasting process in wood depth.
FERMENTATION
Maceration at a low temperature during one week, natural yeast, thewine is kept in vats from 5 to 6 weeks at 30°C. Treading and pumping over made according to the result of the daily tastings.
