Domaine d'Edouard Bourgogne Cotes d'Auxerre Pinot Noir Les Collines de Vaux 2022

Hand harvested. 50% whole cluster fermentation with native yeast. Foot stomped. 15 day maceration with daily pumping over. No sulfur during fermentation. Aged for one year, 95% in barrel and 5% in stainless steel tanks. Fragrant and silky with notes of cherry, strawberry and floral. Lovely roundness and pleasing balance.

Édouard Lepesme built his career in marketing for negoçiants in Burgundy and Champagne. In 2011, he decided to follow his dream and immersed himself in winemaking and viticulture, studying with some of France's great names, such as the highly respected Alice and Olivier de Moor in Chablis. In 2014, he purchased 33 acres (13.5 planted to vines) from André Donat, whose father was a pioneer vigneron in the area when he planted Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Aligoté, and Gamay Noir in the 1960s.