Pinot Noir from Côtes d'Auxerre, Burgundy, France; light plus bodied, elegant, and dry, earthy and floral with notes of cherry, raspberry, spice, and pertichor, with subtle oaky undertones, medium plus acidity, and soft tannins. Practicing Organic and HEV
From Communal Brands:
"Careful harvest and gentle pressing into stainless steel and concrete vats for fermentation with indigenous yeast. Maturation in concrete vats and 15% used oak barrels for about 12 months. Unfined and lightly filtered.
Domaine Sorin-Coquard is a 25 hectare estate on its 4th generation. Practices in the vineyard are organic and the Domaine is HEV, Level 3 certified. The Domaine and its vines are located in the commune of Saint Bris le Vineux. The family business produces wine on clay and limestone soils in a low intervention manner that aims to preserves transparency and expressiveness. Pascal, his wife Cristine Coquard, and their son Pierre, currently run the Domaine. They aim to respect the history and tradition established by Jacques and Jean-Pierre Sorin in previous generations. This family adheres to the philosophy that the best wines are produced in the vineyard."