Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 1er Cru 'Beauregard' 2023 California especially given its modest 12%

especially given its modest 12% alcohol

Thomas presented us versions of this wine going back to 2011

With En Caillerets we see the stones assume control

malolactic is done in cuve and the wine sees a brief stay in large foudres before being bottled eighteen months after harvest without fining or filtration

Nathalie Richez Santenay Rouge 1er Cru 'Beauregard' 2023 California especially given its modest 12%The premier cru Beauregard sits mid slope in the northeast part of Santenay near the border of Chassagne Montrachet, and Nathalie owns 0. 3 hectares of Pinot Noir here. If her village level Santenay is a case study in pure Burgundian Pinot Noir, Beauregard isas one would expectmore particular in its personality: darker and more somber in its fruit (yet still fresh), with a more succulent texture and a tinge of smoke.