This wine is a product of a Pinot Noir plot planted in 1993 then grafted over in 2008 with Chardonnay.
The plot faces the South/South-West on the Saint Aubin hill.
The total surface area is 0.1868 ha.
The vine population is 100% Chardonnay
Annual production: around 1200 bottles.
The vine is cultivated by non-certified organic farming.
The wine is beautifully fresh with a nose of white fruits filled with pear, a hint of vanilla and aromas of soft spices.
The mouth is well fruited, with Golden apple, pear and grape jelly, ending in a peppery and powerful finish with uprightness and a long-lasting taste.
This Saint Aubin should ideally be drunk when 3 to 5 years of age, to be served with fish or white meat, with a butter or cream sauce.
Tasting
Raphael GIMENEZ-FAUVETY, société De Corps et d’Esprit à Paris
The aromatic evolution over just a few minutes is spectacular which makes me write: No 2018 without half an hour in the decanter! Indeed, with an “incredible” start : dried fruits, hazelnut, pine nuts, rosin, beeswax, churn butter, cashew nuts, peanuts, nougat, Caussess honey, custard, aniseed, icing sugar……… one wonders whether it is a wine or a dessert and then, metamorphosis, gradual evolution towards freshness and precision. On the palate, the fresher soil offers faster white fruits, in particular a Comice pear, even if caramel and barley sugar are there too, then citrus fruits appear with lemon and mandarin, a lot of density in this wine. The peppery, spicy, tight, long and straight finish is adorned with a serious mineral component, yang, where notes of cast iron and crushed marble are evident. As you can see, the citrus-fruit and pastry-citrus fruit combinations deserve to be harmonized through a reasonably long ageing period, at least three years. Again, to be served with hot food, possibly spiced with tact (saffron, curry, nutmeg), a vintage more white meat than fish, you have the 2017 for brill, more Mont d’Or than goat in between.
Raphael GIMENEZ-FAUVETY, société De Corps et d’Esprit à Paris
Saint Aubin has not been left behind. Here we have more mineral, you can feel the presence of limestone, herbs, chervil and cut grass, eucalyptus, lavender, a hint of bergamot, a itching powder-gunpowder gum-side, alongside notes of rice-sake then white flowers, lily of the valley and daisies, acacia honey, delicate vanilla. Grape, pear, apple, citrus, herbs, elastic and juicy substance, a fountain of fleshy fruit, long, straight, loaded with fruit and peppery notes, a toasted note straight out of the ground, persistent, really complete.
Raphael GIMENEZ-FAUVETY, société De Corps et d’Esprit à Paris
This Saint-Aubin would be a wise purchase with its beautiful freshness and a nose composed of white fruits dominated by Williams and Comice pears, a hint of vanilla, of soft spices somewhere between turmeric, caraway and mild curry, with a touch of air, and purity. Openly fruity on the palate, with golden apple, pear and grape jelly, a peppery and strong finish with sincerity and a fine longevity.
- + 2018
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Raphael GIMENEZ-FAUVETY, société De Corps et d’Esprit à Paris
The aromatic evolution over just a few minutes is spectacular which makes me write: No 2018 without half an hour in the decanter! Indeed, with an “incredible” start : dried fruits, hazelnut, pine nuts, rosin, beeswax, churn butter, cashew nuts, peanuts, nougat, Caussess honey, custard, aniseed, icing sugar……… one wonders whether it is a wine or a dessert and then, metamorphosis, gradual evolution towards freshness and precision. On the palate, the fresher soil offers faster white fruits, in particular a Comice pear, even if caramel and barley sugar are there too, then citrus fruits appear with lemon and mandarin, a lot of density in this wine. The peppery, spicy, tight, long and straight finish is adorned with a serious mineral component, yang, where notes of cast iron and crushed marble are evident. As you can see, the citrus-fruit and pastry-citrus fruit combinations deserve to be harmonized through a reasonably long ageing period, at least three years. Again, to be served with hot food, possibly spiced with tact (saffron, curry, nutmeg), a vintage more white meat than fish, you have the 2017 for brill, more Mont d’Or than goat in between.
- + 2017
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Raphael GIMENEZ-FAUVETY, société De Corps et d’Esprit à Paris
Saint Aubin has not been left behind. Here we have more mineral, you can feel the presence of limestone, herbs, chervil and cut grass, eucalyptus, lavender, a hint of bergamot, a itching powder-gunpowder gum-side, alongside notes of rice-sake then white flowers, lily of the valley and daisies, acacia honey, delicate vanilla. Grape, pear, apple, citrus, herbs, elastic and juicy substance, a fountain of fleshy fruit, long, straight, loaded with fruit and peppery notes, a toasted note straight out of the ground, persistent, really complete.
- + 2015
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Raphael GIMENEZ-FAUVETY, société De Corps et d’Esprit à Paris
This Saint-Aubin would be a wise purchase with its beautiful freshness and a nose composed of white fruits dominated by Williams and Comice pears, a hint of vanilla, of soft spices somewhere between turmeric, caraway and mild curry, with a touch of air, and purity. Openly fruity on the palate, with golden apple, pear and grape jelly, a peppery and strong finish with sincerity and a fine longevity.
