Wine Albert Ponnelle, Pernand-Vergelesses Premier Cru "Les Fichots" AOC, 2016
Tasting Notes
The wine is a bright ruby color.
The taste of wine is rounded, balanced, with silky tannins, distinct fruit and mineral notes.
The aroma of wine is quite concentrated, with bright fruit notes and tones of underbrush.
The wine goes well with beef, poultry dishes, not very fragrant cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Albert Ponnelle, Pernand-Vergelesses Premier Cru "Les Fichots" - a dry red wine with an intense aroma and a soft, silky taste with bright fruit shades. Wine is made from Pinot Noir grapes grown in the vineyard "Le Fisho" class Premier Cru. Harvested by hand and gently pressed. Maceration takes at least 7 days, fermentation using only natural yeast at 18 ° C lasts from 8 to 15 days. Excerpt wine takes 1 year in old oak barrels and a year and a half in bottles. Production Pernan-Vergeles Premier Cru "Le Fishau" is very small and is only 400 bottles per year.
Producer's description
Vinogradary activities of the Ponnel family began around 1870. Pierre-Lazard Ponnel founded at that time his wine house and his manor. He brilliantly developed this activity, conducting a large amount of research on the processes of winemaking, in particular - understanding of fermentation, and collaborated with Louis Pasteur, who lived in Dol, near Bon.
The sons of Ponnel became his successors, and one of them, Albert, decided to establish his own company for growing grapes and making the greatest wines Côte de Bon and Côte de Nuits. In the footsteps of Albert, his son Louis went, and then his grandson Pierre, who today controls the domain Albert Ponnelle . Owning its own vineyards in Côte de Beaune, the company also produces wines from grapes purchased in other regions. Viticulture is conducted without the use of chemical fertilizers and the use of heavy machinery. Vineyards are cultivated according to the principles of biodynamics, and in the production of wine, the addition of sulfur is as limited as possible.
