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 for 18 months in contact with fine lees in oak
casks (50% of new barrels, 50% of 1-year-old barrels). Barrels that 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
50% of the grapes are not de-stemmed, this part is put down in the vat, the other 50% come on top of it. Maceration at a low temperatureduring one week, natural yeast, the wine 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
