Domaine Chapuis Aloxe-Corton 2022

From fields near the town of Aloxe. By blending from both sides of the town area, Chapuis gets an incredibly complex and elegant wine. The southern part of the town has a dark soil with lots of limestone, while the northern part has more small stones (pepples).
The wine is barrel aged in old Burgundy barriques which gives it a soft and round texture, lots of acidity, fresh red berries, baking spices and earthy tones... a masterpiece for the money.

The Chapuis family has no less than 170 years of experience in making wine in Burgundy. It all started with Pierre Pavelot who bought 1.6 hectares on the Charlemagne field in 1850, his daughter married Antoine Chapuis, and the rest is history. Season after season they have learned to read the climate, and they know every corner of their terroir – this has allowed them to create unheard of high quality in every vintage.

The 6th generation is taking over, the two siblings Pierre and Claire Chapuis. This is a smooth transition with the parents Maurice and Anne-Marie. The house owns 11 hectares of vineyards in the Cotes de Beaune around the Corton hill. It is primarily red wines (of course Pinot Noir in Burgundy) but also 2 different places with Chardonnay. Domaine Chapuis is not organically certified but they have an HVE3 which stands for (high environmental value) with a focus on creating biodiversity in the field with limited use of pesticides etc.

They use traditional French barrels with about 12 months for white wine and 18 months for red wine, but they only use about 10% new barrels, so they retain the purest expression – mineral and full of character.