Duband/David Côte de Nuits-Villages 2021

Terroir: This wine is sourced from Brochon, an appellation sandwiched between Gevrey-Chamberin and Fixin. Within David’s elegant range of wines, this is often more plush and weighted. The fruits are darker and more subtle than the higher tones that are easy to find insome of his other wines. It exhibits more mineralic impressions in the palate with a gentle, gritty mouthfeel. It’s a low frequency wine with charming and delicious aroma and taste. It is exceptional for this kind of appellation wine to find this level of depth and complexity.
Cellar Notes: Stems are included in all Duband wines (average: 30-40% for entry-level, 70-80% on Village/1er Cru, 80-100% Grand Cru). A small dose of SO2 (7ppm) is made at crush and pigeage (punchdowns) is made by foot to not break stems and begins after fermentation starts—5 to 7 total throughout the fermentation. Remontage (pump over) is only used if there is H2S (reductive elements), which is very common in organic wines. The fermentation is usually 17-18 days, then pressed and settled in tanks for 2-3 weeks to allow for whole cluster ferments to settle more clearly—destemmed ferments clarify quicker. Racked for the first time before the end of the year